Visit Pentre Places

Welcome to Visit Pentre Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pentre

  

Pentre Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pentre

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Pentre toponymy

Pentre village in Welsh, from pentref (pen head and tref town) Pentre is from Pentref, from Pentre, frompentref. Pentre means ‘pen head’ and ‘tref town’ in Welsh.

You can visit Pentre places with Walkfo Pentre to hear history at Pentre’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pentre has 38 places to visit in our interactive Pentre 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 Pentre, 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 Pentre places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pentre & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 38 audio facts unique to Pentre places in an interactive Pentre map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Pentre Places Map
38 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Pentre historic spots	Pentre tourist destinations	Pentre plaques	Pentre geographic features
Walkfo Pentre tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Pentre

  

Best Pentre places to visit

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Pentre has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Pentre’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Pentre’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 George Thomas Ysbyty George Thomas is a health facility on Cwmparc Road, Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Cambrian Colliery Cambrian Colliery was a large coal mine that operated between 1872 and 1967. It is notable for its huge production and for two infamous explosion disasters, in 1905 and 1965, in which a total of 64 miners were killed.

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.

Parc and Dare Hall The Parc and Dare Hall, now known as the Park and Dare Theatre, is a former Miners’ institute. It is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Treorchy, in the Rhondda Valley of Wales.

Noddfa, Treorchy Welsh Baptist Chapel was located in Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley. It was one of the largest and grandest of all Welsh chapels.

Llwynypia Hospital Llwynypia Hospital was a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

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