Tonyrefail
Built-up area in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.578, -3.433 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 00 87 |
| Population: | 9,317 |
| Dialling code: | 01443 (Pontypridd) |
Tonyrefail is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales, its name coming from the Welsh Ton yr Efail, roughly "the meadow of the smithy". Like many communities in the South Wales Valleys it expanded during the 19th and early 20th century with coal and iron industries, and traces of that industrial past remain in the landscape and local memory.
Today Tonyrefail combines that heritage with a strong community feel - local sports clubs, choirs and community centres remain important - and functions partly as a commuter settlement within reach of Cardiff. There has been regeneration and new housing alongside long-established terraces, so the village mixes its mining history with modern local life.
Postcode districts covering Tonyrefail
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 12.1 miles
- Swansea 22.3 miles
- Newport 20.1 miles
- Tonypandy 2.7 miles
- Barry 14.1 miles
- Bridgend 7.4 miles
- Cwmbran Central 18 miles
- Cwmbrân 17.9 miles
- Neath 17.7 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 11.9 miles
- Coity Higher 6.5 miles
- Pontypool 18.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tonyrefail West Ward 0.4 miles
- Tonyrefail East Ward 1 mile
- Hendreforgan Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Cymmer Parish 2 miles
- Gilfach Goch Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Cymer Ward 2.2 miles
- Pen-y-graig Parish 2.3 miles
- Tonypandy Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Porth Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Llanharan and Brynna Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Trealaw Ward 3.1 miles
- Brynna and Llanharan Ward 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Tonyrefail
CF39 8DF, CF39 8PG, CF39 8HP, CF39 8BY, CF39 8YG, CF39 8DR, CF39 8NB, CF39 8HW, CF39 8BT … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 13.1 miles
- Bristol Airport 33.6 miles
- Porth Railway Station 2.6 miles
- Dinas Rhondda Railway Station 2.7 miles
Hotels near Tonyrefail Ad
- Gwaelod Y Garth Inn 4 7 miles
- Llanerch Vineyard Hotel 4 5.6 miles
- The Coed-Y-Mwstwr Hotel 4 5.8 miles
- The White Lion 6.1 miles
- The Blueberry Hotel 3 4.3 miles
- The Masons Arms Hotel 3 6.2 miles
- Llechwen Hall Hotel 3 6.8 miles
- Vale Resort 4 6.2 miles
- Cae Court Hotel 8.1 miles
- The Bear Hotel 4 8 miles
Schools in Tonyrefail
- Cwmlai Primary Primary
- Tonyrefail Community School All ages
- Tref-y-Rhyg Primary School Primary
- Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Tonyrefail Primary
Local points of interest
- Llantrisant Forest Forest 2.1 miles
- Ogmore Forest Forest 3.9 miles
- Sardis Road Stadium 4 miles
- Hensol Castle Estate 6.1 miles
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 9.3 miles
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 11.4 miles
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 12.3 miles
- Cardiff City Stadium 12.3 miles
- Vita Student Cardiff College 12.6 miles
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 12.8 miles
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 12.8 miles
- St. David's Shopping centre 13 miles