Ystrad Rhondda

Ystrad Rhondda
Glamorgan
Ystrad Railway Station
Location
Grid reference:	SS994947
Location:	51°38’34"N, 3°27’14"W
Data
Population:	5,854  (2011)
Post town:	Pentre
Postcode:	CF41
Dialling code:	01443
Local Government
Council:	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Parliamentary constituency:	Rhondda

Ystrad Rhondda is a former coal-mining village in the Rhondda Fawr valley of Glamorgan.

Ystrad is long and narrow, a main road where most amenities can be found, and a series of smaller residential streets lined with the terraces associated with the area. The majority of housing stock is the classic South Wales valleys terrace with infills of new build.

The Rhondda Fawr River runs through the village, separating it from Gelli on the southern bank.

Like most former coal-mining communities in the South Wales Coalfield, Ystrad is remarkably self-contained. There is a very strong community in Ystrad Rhondda - a common feature of these mining towns. The Ystrad Rhondda railway station is on the Rhondda Line.

Religion

The oldest Baptist chapel in the Rhondda, and originally known as Ynysfach Chapel, Nebo was located at Ystrad. It was demolished in the early 1980s.

Sport and leisure

Ystrad is home to rugby union team Ystrad Rhondda RFC, and the Rhondda Sports Centre.

Residents of note

• Jill Evans, Member of the European Parliament
• Michael Griffiths, Wales rugby union and British Lion
• Mel Hopkins, Wales international football player
• Ben Bowen Thomas, civil servant and educationalist
• Rex Willis, Wales rugby union captain and British Lion
• Ernest Zobole, artist

Outide links

• Slaters Commercial Directory: Treherbert and Ystrad-Rhondda
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Ystrad and surrounding area
• Welsh Coal Mines website - check out the histories of the local pits