Visit Tonyrefail Places

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

  

Tonyrefail Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tonyrefail

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Tonyrefail history

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Tonyrefail was a dairy farming and livestock raising area, and many early farmhouses still exist today. Early industrialisation began in the late 18th century around a corn mill and woollen factory. It wasn’t until deep coal mining began that employment grew on a large scale. At its peak Coedely Colliery employed nearly 1,800 men.

Tonyrefail toponymy

Tonyrefail derives from the Welsh Ton yr Efail meaning the forge on the meadow (lea) From ton, meaning lea or grassland and efail meaning forge. From ton , meaning. lea, grassland or grass land, and efail means forge.

You can visit Tonyrefail places with Walkfo Tonyrefail to hear history at Tonyrefail’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tonyrefail has 21 places to visit in our interactive Tonyrefail 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 Tonyrefail, 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 Tonyrefail places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tonyrefail & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Tonyrefail Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Tonyrefail places to visit

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Tonyrefail has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tonyrefail’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tonyrefail’s information audio spots:

Gilfach Goch Gilfach Goch is a community, electoral ward and small former coal mining village in the Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It is situated in the Cwm Ogwr Fach (Small Ogmore Valley) near the larger community of Tonyrefail.

Mynydd Maendy Mynydd Maendy (translation: Maindy Mountain) is a hilltop and moorland, near Gilfach Goch, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales, to the southwest of Tonyrefail. The name derives from the Welsh maen dy meaning “stone house”

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.

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