Welcome to Visit Treforest Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Treforest
Visit Treforest places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Treforest places to visit. A unique way to experience Treforest’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Treforest as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Treforest Walkfo Preview Treforest (Welsh: Trefforest) is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward, along with the village of Glyntaff (or Glyn-Taf) along with its electoral ward. The village is historically connected with the Crawshay family, who established a major tinplate works in 1835. Treforest is now known for its association with the University of South Wales. When you visit Treforest, Walkfo brings Treforest places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Treforest Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Treforest
Visit Treforest – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 51 audio plaques & Treforest places for you to explore in the Treforest area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Treforest places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Treforest culture & places
The population of Treforest consists substantially of students living away from home, who often leave the village during the summer months. Treforest F.C. is affiliated to the South Wales Football Association and is full member of the Football Association of Wales.
Why visit Treforest with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Treforest places with Walkfo Treforest to hear history at Treforest’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Treforest has 51 places to visit in our interactive Treforest 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 Treforest, 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 Treforest places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Treforest & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Treforest tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Treforest
Best Treforest places to visit
Treforest has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Treforest’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Treforest’s information audio spots:
Upper Boat power station Upper Boat power station supplied electricity to Pontypridd and the wider area from 1904 to 1972. The station was decommissioned in 1972 and was demolished in 1976. It was owned and operated by the South Wales Electrical Power Distribution Company.
Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg Ysgol Garth Olwg was the first Welsh language comprehensive school in the south of Wales. The school was previously known as Ysgol Gyfun Gyfun Rhydfelen and Ysygol Gyfun Garth Olwg. It is situated in Church Village, near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Dynea Halt railway station Dynea Halt was a small halt on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, and closed in 1956.
Calvert’s Engine Calvert’s Engine or the Newbridge Colliery Engine is a beam engine of 1845. It is preserved on the campus of the University of Glamorgan, South Wales.
Mynydd Meio Mynydd Meio is a 322-metre-high hill in the county borough of Caerphilly in South Wales. The high point is just over 200 m north of the trig point which sits at 322 metres (1,056 ft) above sea-level.
Pontypridd RFC Pontypridd Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team. They play in the Indigo Group Premiership, which they won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015. They have won the Specsavers National Cup on 6 occasions, with the most recent being in 2014. Established in 1876, they have produced numerous players for Wales national rugby union.
Dewi Sant Hospital Dewi Sant Hospital is a small hospital in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Great Western Mine Great Western Mine, also known as Hetty Pit, was a coal mine, at Hopkinstown, near Pontypridd, Glamorgan in South Wales.
Pontypridd Cottage Hospital Pontypridd Cottage Hospital is a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Universal Colliery Universal Colliery was a coal mine located in Senghenydd in the Aber Valley, roughly four miles north-west of Caerphilly. Started in 1891, it became a ventilation facility for the Windsor Colliery in 1928 before complete closure in 1988.
Visit Treforest plaques
4 plaques hereTreforest has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Treforest 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 Treforest using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Treforest plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Treforest audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Treforest allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Treforest’s 51 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Treforest freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Treforest Map App
Our visit Treforest map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Treforest & 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 Treforest tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Treforest centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Treforest area at LONG:-3.3222222222222, LAT:51.587777777778.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Treforest, 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.
Things to do & visit in Treforest / surrounding areas
● Tonteg ● Church Village ● Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg ● Upper Church Village ● Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf ● Hawthorn Greyhound Track ● Upper Boat ● Pontypridd Town A.F.C. ● Rhydyfelin ● Llantwit Fardre ● Taff-Ely ● Calvert’s Engine ● Maendy Quarry ● University of Glamorgan ● Eglwysilan ● Mynydd Meio ● Glyntaff ● St Mary’s Church, Glyntaff ● Maesycoed ● Pontypridd RFC ● Graig, Pontypridd ● Dewi Sant Hospital ● Rhondda line ● Pwllgwaun ● Pontypridd ● Pontypridd railway accident ● Great Western Mine ● Hopkinstown ● Ynysangharad Park ● Ynysangharad War Memorial
Getting to / around Treforest – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Treforest using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Treforest places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Treforest Public Transport Stations
Treforest Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Tonteg Halt railway station
Church Village Halt railway station
Upper Boat power station
Treforest Estate railway station
Upper Boat Halt railway station
Efail Isaf railway station
Upper Boat railway station
Dynea Halt railway station
Llantwit Fardre railway station
Groeswen Halt railway station
Treforest High Level railway station
Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station
Treforest railway station
Pontypridd Graig railway station
Pontypridd railway station
Pontypridd Tram Road railway station
Glyntaff Halt railway station
Abertridwr railway station
Clydach Court Halt railway station
Coedpenmaen railway station
Sardis Road
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Local Treforest historians & Treforest tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Treforest? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Treforest’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 Treforest 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 Treforest 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 Treforest 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-Treforest’ web pages (for example: www.visitTreforest.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 Treforest places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Treforest places to visit. A unique way to experience Treforest’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Treforest as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Treforest places with Walkfo Treforest to hear history at Treforest’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Treforest has 51 places to visit in our interactive Treforest 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 Treforest, 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 Treforest places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Treforest & the surrounding areas.
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