Ferndale
Built-up area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.662, -3.454 |
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| OS grid ref: | SS 99 96 |
| Population: | 7,338 |
Ferndale sits in the steep-sided Rhondda Fach valley within Rhondda Cynon Taf in the South Wales Valleys. Surrounded by wooded hills and reclaimed industrial land, the town has a compact high street and rows of Victorian terraces that reflect its valley-setting and offer easy access to walks and viewpoints above the valley.
Ferndale grew rapidly during the 19th-century coal boom and still carries a strong mining heritage in its buildings, community memory and local organisations. After the pit closures the local economy shifted towards small businesses and commuting to larger centres such as Cardiff, while community life remains lively around rugby clubs, miners’ halls and heritage projects that aim to preserve the area’s industrial past and promote outdoor recreation.
Postcode districts covering Ferndale
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 16.2 miles
- Swansea 21.3 miles
- Newport 21.7 miles
- Tonypandy 3.3 miles
- Barry 19.5 miles
- Bridgend 11.5 miles
- Cwmbran Central 18.2 miles
- Cwmbrân 18.1 miles
- Neath 15.8 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 6.7 miles
- Coity Higher 10.5 miles
- Pontypool 18.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ferndale and Maerdy Ward 0.6 miles
- Maerdy Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Tylorstown Parish 1.5 miles
- Ystrad Ward 1.6 miles
- Rhondda Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Pentre Parish 1.8 miles
- Llwyn-y-pia Ward 1.9 miles
- Tylorstown and Ynyshir Ward 2 miles
- Aberaman South Parish 2.2 miles
- Wattstown Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Aberaman Ward 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Ferndale
CF43 4SX, CF43 4NH, CF43 4LE, CF43 4PA, CF43 4ES, CF43 4NE, CF43 4LY, CF43 4RH, CF43 4LB … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 19 miles
- Bristol Airport 37 miles
- Ystrad Rhondda Railway Station 1.4 miles
- Ton Pentre Railway Station 1.7 miles
Hotels near Ferndale Ad
- Pencelli Hotel 2.4 miles
- Premier Inn Aberdare 3 3.2 miles
- Cresselly Inn 3.7 miles
- Llechwen Hall 3 6.4 miles
- Heritage Park Pontypridd, Trademark Collection by Wyndham 4 4.5 miles
- Ty Newydd Country Hotel 3 6.9 miles
- Premier Inn Merthyr Tydfil 3 5.9 miles
- Howfield Hotel 6.6 miles
- Lanelay Hall Hotel & Spa 9.1 miles
- The Tiger Inn 6.9 miles
Schools in Ferndale
- Darran Park Primary Primary
- Y.G.G. Llyn-y-Forwyn Primary
Local points of interest
- Ogmore Forest Forest 5.4 miles
- Sardis Road Stadium 6.2 miles
- Llantrisant Forest Forest 7.8 miles
- Hensol Castle Estate 11.8 miles
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 14.1 miles
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 14.1 miles
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 14.4 miles
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 14.5 miles
- The Gnoll Stadium 14.7 miles
- Brecon Beacons Mountains 15.1 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 15.8 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 16 miles