Cilfynydd railway station

Pontypridd High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Pontypridd) (formerly known as Coedylan Comprehensive) is an English-medium comprehensive school in the village of Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

Albion Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales Valleys, located in the village of Cilfynydd, one mile north of Pontypridd.

Cilfynydd is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, a mile from the South Wales Valleys town of Pontypridd, and 13 miles north of the capital city, Cardiff. Cilfynydd is also an electoral ward for the county council and Pontypridd Town Council.

Clydach Court Halt railway station served the village of Clydach, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1917 to 1952 on the Ynysybwl branch line railway.

Pontsionnorton (Pont Sion Norton), Welsh for (John) Norton's Bridge, is so named because of a small bridge over the Glamorganshire Canal at this point. The village/district falls within the electoral ward of Cilfynydd of the larger town and community of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, and overlooks the A470 as it travells towards Abercynon. The village falls within the historic parish of Eglwysilan is bounded by Cilfynydd, Coedpenmaen, Trallwn and Glyncoch, and was once location of Bodwenarth Colliery, located in Bodwenarth Woods close to the main school - Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pont Sion Norton.

Coedpenmaen (Coed-Pen-Maen) is a subdistrict of the Pontypridd town district and ward of Trallwng (Trallwn), Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It also comprises Pontypridd Common or as it is sometimes referred to 'Coedpenmaen Common'. The boundaries between the residential areas of Coedpenmaen and Trallwn themselves are blurred. Just beyond the Common on the way to the adjoining village of Glyntaff is the aptly named small village of Pentrebach (literally Welsh for 'small village').

Trallwn (English: Trallwng) is the name of the ward and district within the town of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, sited along the banks of the River Taff (Afon Taf) and falling within the historic parish of Eglwysilan. Trallwn comprises the subdistricts of Coedpenmaen (Coed-Pen-Maen), Ynysangharad and Pontypridd Common. Until recently Trallwn was also home to the famous Brown Lenox (Newbridge) Chain & Anchor Works at Ynysangharad, which was recently demolished. Also at Ynysangharad are some of the last remains of the Glamorganshire Canal which was used to transport coal and iron from the South Wales Valleys to the city of Cardiff. In addition Ynysangharad is also home to Pontypridd's War Memorial Park - Ynysangharad Park (or known colloquially simply as 'Ponty Park'). As with other communities along the route of the former Glamorganshire Canal (e.g. Abercynon, Cilfynydd, Pontsionnorton, Glyntaff, Rhydyfelin, Hawthorn, Upper Boat, Nantgarw etc.), Trallwn owes at least some of its initial fortunes to the iron industries of Merthyr Tydfil served by the canal, later to be fuelled by the exploitation of coal in the Rhondda and Cynon valleys including the sinking of several nearby collieries (e.g. the Albion Colliery at Cilfynydd) and the need to house the rapidly expanding population of Pontypridd.

The Merthyr line is a commuter railway line in South Wales from central Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. The line is part of the Cardiff urban rail network, known as the Valley Lines.

Coedpenmaen railway station served the Coedpenmaen district of Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1900 to 1932 on the Llancaiach Branch.

Abercynon Colliery was a coal mine located in Abercynon, South Wales. Opened in 1889, it closed in 1988.

Berw Road Halt railway station served the district of Trallwn (Welsh: Trallwng), in Pontypridd, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1904 to 1932 on the Pont Shon Norton section of the Llancaiach Branch.

Glyncoch is a village to the north of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward.