Trealaw
Ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.623, -3.441 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 00 92 |
| Dialling code: | 01443 (Pontypridd) |
Trealaw is a community and electoral ward in Rhondda Cynon Taf, sitting in the heart of the South Wales coalfield within the Rhondda Valley. The area grew up in the 19th century around the pits and still shows that industrial heritage in its rows of Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing, chapel buildings and miners’ institutes; the landscape is a mix of steep valley sides and settled streets, close to neighbouring towns such as Tonypandy and Porth.
Like much of the former coalfield its economy and social fabric were reshaped by pit closures in the 20th century, and the ward today combines ongoing regeneration projects, local shops and community organisations with a strong sense of local identity and cultural life typical of the Valleys. Good road and rail links give relatively straightforward access to Cardiff and the wider region, while local history and community events continue to mark the area’s mining past.
Postcode districts covering Trealaw
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 14 miles22.5 km
- Swansea 21.7 miles35 km
- Newport 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Tonypandy 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Barry 16.9 miles27.1 km
- Bridgend 9.5 miles15.2 km
- Cwmbran Central 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Cwmbrân 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Neath 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Merthyr Tydfil 9 miles14.5 km
- Coity Higher 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Pontypool 18.1 miles29.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Pen-y-graig Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Tonypandy Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Llwyn-y-pia Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Ynyshir Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Tylorstown and Ynyshir Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Wattstown Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Tylorstown Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Cwm Clydach Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Porth Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Rhondda Built-up area 1.8 miles3 km
- Cymmer Parish 1.9 miles3 km
Example postcodes in Trealaw
CF40 2UX, CF40 2QL, CF40 2PU, CF40 2PA, CF40 2PN, CF40 2PX, CF40 2PZ, CF40 2PT, CF40 2NU … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 16.2 miles26 km
- Bristol Airport 35.2 miles56.6 km
- Dinas Rhondda Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Tonypandy Railway Station 0.4 miles0.7 km
Hotels near Trealaw Ad
- Llechwen Hall Hotel 3 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Gwaelod Y Garth Inn 4 8.7 miles14.1 km
- The Blueberry Hotel 3 4.5 miles7.3 km
- The Falcon Inn Retreat 4.7 miles7.5 km
- The Coed-Y-Mwstwr Hotel 4 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Heritage Park Pontypridd, Trademark Collection by Wyndham 3 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Llanerch Vineyard Hotel 4 8.5 miles13.7 km
- The Masons Arms Hotel 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
- The White Lion 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Vale Resort 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
Schools in Trealaw
- Alaw Primary School Primary
- Trealaw County Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ogmore Forest Forest 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Sardis Road Stadium 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Llantrisant Forest Forest 5 miles8.1 km
- Hensol Castle Estate 9.1 miles14.6 km
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 11.8 miles19 km
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 12.4 miles20 km
- Cardiff International Sports Stadium Stadium 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Cardiff City Stadium 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Vita Student Cardiff College 14.6 miles23.5 km
- Porthcawl Harbour Harbour 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 14.9 miles24 km
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 14.9 miles24 km