Welcome to Visit Pontygwaith Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pontygwaith
Visit Pontygwaith places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Pontygwaith places to visit. A unique way to experience Pontygwaith’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Pontygwaith as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Pontygwaith Walkfo Preview Pontygwaith (Welsh,”Bridge to work” or “Bridge of the Ironworks”) is a village situated in the Merthyr Valley, (now referred to as the Taff Valley), South Wales. A Sussex Ironmaster named Anthony Morley set up a small ironworks here in 1583. On 21 February 1804 Richard Trevithick ran the first ever steam locomotive along tracks from Penydarren to Abercynon. The original village was inhabited and existed until approx 1977 as a terrace of ten houses and a farm. When you visit Pontygwaith, Walkfo brings Pontygwaith places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Pontygwaith Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pontygwaith
Visit Pontygwaith – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 47 audio plaques & Pontygwaith places for you to explore in the Pontygwaith area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Pontygwaith places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Pontygwaith with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Pontygwaith places with Walkfo Pontygwaith to hear history at Pontygwaith’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pontygwaith has 47 places to visit in our interactive Pontygwaith map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Pontygwaith, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Pontygwaith places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pontygwaith & the surrounding areas.
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Best Pontygwaith places to visit
Pontygwaith has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Pontygwaith’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Pontygwaith’s information audio spots:
Ton Pentre F.C. Ton Pentre Football Club plays in the Ardal Leagues South West, the third level of Welsh league football. Nicknamed the “Rhondda Bulldogs”, the team plays at Ynys Park, Ton Pente, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
Ystradyfodwg Ystradyfodwg was an ancient upland parish in Glamorgan, Wales. It is believed to have been named after a 6th-century saint or chieftain. The Parish included most of the area which would later be known as Rhondda.
River Cynon River Cynon (Welsh: Afon Cynon) in South Wales is a main tributary of the Taff. Its source is the rising of Llygad Cynon at Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf and flows roughly southeast. The water emerging at the Cynon is traced back to the sink of the Nant Cadlan at Ogof Fawr.
District of Rhondda Rhondda was one of six local government districts of Mid Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996. The district was created from parts of Ystradyfodwg, Llanwonno and Llantrisant parishes in 1877. It was renamed Rhondada Urban District in 1897 after the River Rhonda.
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda is a health facility on Partridge Road, Llwynypia. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Llwynypia Hospital Llwynypia Hospital was a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.&G.C. Cambrian & Clydach Vale Boys & Girls Club is a Welsh football club. The club was founded in 1965 as Cambrian United and joined the Welsh Football League in 2005. The side finished in promotion positions in Divisions Three and Two in successive seasons.
St Anne’s Church, Ynyshir St Anne’s Church is located in the Welsh village of Ynyshir in the Benefice of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley. It dates from the 1880s.
River Rhondda The River Rhondda is a river in South Wales. It has two major tributaries, Rhondda Fawr (meaning big Rhonddda) and Rhondada Fach (meaning little Rondda) Rhonda Fawr is the largest river in Wales.
Cefn Gwyngul Cefn Gwyngul is a long broad ridge in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough in South Wales. Its 470m high summit is marked by an ancient cairn known as Carn-y-Pigwn. Much of the hill is cloaked by modern forestry plantations.
Visit Pontygwaith plaques
3 plaques herePontygwaith has 3 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Pontygwaith plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Pontygwaith using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Pontygwaith plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Pontygwaith audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Pontygwaith allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Pontygwaith’s 47 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Pontygwaith freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Pontygwaith Map App
Our visit Pontygwaith map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Pontygwaith & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Pontygwaith tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Pontygwaith centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Pontygwaith area at LONG:-3.4327777777778, LAT:51.64.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Pontygwaith, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Getting to / around Pontygwaith – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Pontygwaith using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Pontygwaith places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Pontygwaith Public Transport Stations
Pontygwaith Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Ton Pentre railway station
Ystrad Rhondda railway station
Llwynypia railway station
Tonypandy railway station
Dinas Rhondda railway station
Porth railway station
Tylorstown railway station
Pontygwaith Halt railway station
Wattstown Platform railway station
Ynyshir railway station
Ferndale railway station
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Local Pontygwaith historians & Pontygwaith tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Pontygwaith? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Pontygwaith’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Pontygwaith place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Pontygwaith Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Pontygwaith destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Pontygwaith’ web pages (for example: www.visitPontygwaith.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Pontygwaith places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Pontygwaith places to visit. A unique way to experience Pontygwaith’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Pontygwaith as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
With 47 audio plaques & Pontygwaith places for you to explore in the Pontygwaith area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Pontygwaith places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
You can visit Pontygwaith places with Walkfo Pontygwaith to hear history at Pontygwaith’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pontygwaith has 47 places to visit in our interactive Pontygwaith map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Pontygwaith, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Pontygwaith places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pontygwaith & the surrounding areas.
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