Pontyclun

#5734 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Pontyclun is a village and community located in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Like the surrounding towns, it has seen a sharp increase in its population in the last ten years as people migrate south from the Valleys in the south of Wales and west from the capital city of Cardiff. ()

Alternative names: Population: 5.8 thous. (2019)Coordinates: 51°31'26"N, 3°23'30"W

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Pontyclun – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llantrisant Church, Garth Hill, Cowbridge Town Hall, Llantrisant Castle.

1.4 miNE
Church
Llantrisant Church, Llantrisant
36 min walk • Llantrisant Church is located in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. Built within a short distance of Llantrisant Castle, it was originally in the Norman style of architecture.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Garth Hill, Cardiff
112 min walk • Garth Hill is a hill located in between the communities of Llantwit Fardre and Pentyrch in Wales. The Garth can be seen from nearly the whole of the city of Cardiff and the Taff Valley, and on a sunny, clear day as far as Weston-super-Mare across the Bristol Channel in southwest England.
4.9 miSW
Town, City hall
Cowbridge Town Hall, Cowbridge
126 min walk • Cowbridge Town Hall is a public building in the High Street of Cowbridge in South Wales. The town hall, which is the meeting place for Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council, and also houses the town clerk's office, the committee rooms and the Cowbridge Museum, is a Grade II* listed building.
1.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Llantrisant Castle, Llantrisant
37 min walk • Llantrisant Castle is a ruined castle in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. The ruins are on a good elevation, commanding extensive views of the surrounding country. It has the appearance of once occupying a formidable position of defense.
1.6 miSE
Manor house
Miskin Manor
41 min walk • Miskin Manor is a haunted Victorian manor house built in 1864 in a Tudor style, situated in the village of Miskin in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. The estate was owned by the Williams family including Rhys Rhys-Williams for many years who were descended from the Welsh bard David Williams.
1.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Hensol Castle
44 min walk • Hensol Castle is a castellated mansion in the gothic architecture style dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, now a wedding and conference venue for The Vale Resort. It is located north of Clawdd Coch and Tredodridge in the community of Pendoylan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.1 miN
Museum
Royal Mint Museum
54 min walk • The Royal Mint Museum is a numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, which houses coins, medals, artwork and minting equipment previous owned by the Royal Mint.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Maendy
119 min walk • Mynydd Maendy is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail. As with the Maindee district of Newport, the name derives from the Welsh maen dy meaning "stone house".
1.5 miNE
51°32'32"N • 3°22'30"W
The Model House, Llantrisant
38 min walk • Museum
4.1 miNE
51°33'51"N • 3°19'18"W
Tiny Tumblers Church Village, Pontypridd
105 min walk • Game and entertainment center, Church
4.5 miE
Memorial
Llwynda-Ddu Camp, Cardiff
116 min walk • Llwynda-Ddu Camp, also known as Llwynda-Ddu Hillfort, is a small Iron Age earthwork in Pentyrch, Cardiff in South Wales. The site is a scheduled monument, described as a prehistoric, defensive hillfort.