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href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="پونتیپرید – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پونتیپرید" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Pontypridd" 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data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontipr%C4%ABda" title="Pontiprīda – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pontiprīda" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontepridas" title="Pontepridas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pontepridas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF" title="بونتيبريد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بونتيبريد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Понтиприт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Понтиприт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pontypridd" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B4" title="Понтипрідд – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Понтипрідд" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pontypridd is located in Rhondda Cynon Taf"><img alt="Pontypridd is located in Rhondda Cynon Taf" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="346" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="879" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:68.889%;left:64.5%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Pontypridd"><img alt="Pontypridd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Pontypridd</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">31,206 (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=51.596721~-3.336821&lvl=13&sp=Point.51.596721_-3.336821_Pontypridd&sty=s&style=s">ST075895</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales#Communities" title="Local government in Wales">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Pontypridd Town</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Glamorgan" title="Mid Glamorgan">Mid Glamorgan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">PONTYPRIDD</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CF_postcode_area" title="CF postcode area">CF37</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01443</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Police" title="South Wales Police">South Wales</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="South Wales Fire and Rescue Service">South Wales</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Ambulance_Service" title="Welsh Ambulance Service">Welsh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)">Pontypridd</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)">Pontypridd</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Central_(Senedd_electoral_region)" title="South Wales Central (Senedd electoral region)">South Wales Central Electoral Region</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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(";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of places in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="List of places in Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a></dd></dl></div> <p><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pontypridd&params=51.602_N_3.342_W_region:GB_type:city(31206)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°36′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°20′31″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.602°N 3.342°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.602; -3.342</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none;text-align:center; padding:0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Community map</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg/240px-2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg/360px-2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg/480px-2024_Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_Community_Pontypridd_Town_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="737" /></a></span><br />Map of the community</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pontypridd</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ð/: 'th' in 'this'">ð</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PON</span>-tih-<span style="font-size:90%">PREEDH</span></i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Welsh:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="cy-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Welsh" title="Help:IPA/Welsh">[ˌpɔntəˈpriːð]</a></span>), <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquially</a> referred to as <i>Ponty</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a town and a <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">community</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> approximately 10 miles north west of <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> city centre. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontypridd comprises the electoral wards of <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glyncoch" title="Glyncoch">Glyncoch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graig_Pontypridd" class="mw-redirect" title="Graig Pontypridd">Graig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Glamorgan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn, Glamorgan">Hawthorn</a>, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', <a href="/wiki/Rhydyfelin" title="Rhydyfelin">Rhydyfelin</a> Central/Ilan, Trallwng (<a href="/wiki/Trallwn_Pontypridd" class="mw-redirect" title="Trallwn Pontypridd">Trallwn</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Treforest" title="Treforest">Treforest</a>. The town mainly falls within the <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)">Senedd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)">UK parliamentary</a> constituency by the same name, although the Cilfynydd and Glyncoch wards fall within the <a href="/wiki/Cynon_Valley_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)">Cynon Valley Senedd constituency</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cynon_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Cynon Valley UK parliamentary constituency</a>. This change was effective for the <a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007 Welsh Assembly election</a>, and for the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 UK General Election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town sits at the junction of the <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda Valley">Rhondda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taff_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Taff Valley">Taff</a> valleys, where the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhondda" title="River Rhondda">River Rhondda</a> flows into the Taff just south of the town at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontypridd community recorded a population of about 32,700 in the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a> figures.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Pontypridd Town ward itself was recorded as having a population of 2,919 also as of 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town lies alongside the north–south dual carriageway <a href="/wiki/A470_road" title="A470 road">A470</a> between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil. The A4054, running north and south of the town, was the former main road, and like the A470, follows the <a href="/wiki/River_Taff" title="River Taff">Taff Valley</a>. South of the town is the A473 for <a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pencoed" title="Pencoed">Pencoed</a>. To the west is the A4058, which follows the <a href="/wiki/River_Rhondda" title="River Rhondda">River Rhondda</a> to <a href="/wiki/Porth" title="Porth">Porth</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhondda Valley">Rhondda Valley</a> beyond. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Pontypridd derives from the name <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">Pont y tŷ pridd</i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a> for "bridge by the earthen house", referring singly to successive wooden bridges that once spanned the <a href="/wiki/River_Taff" title="River Taff">River Taff</a> at this point. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Bridge">Old Bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Old Bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontypridd is noted for its <a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge,_Pontypridd" title="Old Bridge, Pontypridd">Old Bridge</a>, a stone construction across the <a href="/wiki/River_Taff" title="River Taff">River Taff</a> built in 1756 by <a href="/wiki/William_Edwards_(architect)" title="William Edwards (architect)">William Edwards</a>. This was Edwards's fourth attempt, and at the time of construction, was the longest single-span stone <a href="/wiki/Arch_bridge" title="Arch bridge">arch bridge</a> in the world. Rising 35 feet (11 m) above the level of the river, the bridge forms a perfect segment of a circle, the <a href="/wiki/Chord_(geometry)" title="Chord (geometry)">chord</a> of which is 140 feet (43 m). Notable features are the three holes of differing diameters through each end of the bridge, the purpose of which is to reduce weight. On completion, questions were soon raised as to the utility of the bridge, with the steepness of the design making it difficult to get horses and carts across. As a result, a new bridge, the Victoria Bridge, paid for by public subscription, was built adjacent to the old one in 1857. Pontypridd was known as Newbridge from shortly after the construction of the Old Bridge until the 1860s. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drinking_fountain,_Taff_St,_Pontypridd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/220px-Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="345" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/330px-Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/440px-Drinking_fountain%2C_Taff_St%2C_Pontypridd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2104" data-file-height="3303" /></a><figcaption>The drinking fountain in Taff St, Pontypridd, donated in 1895 by Sir Alfred Thomas, MP for East Glamorgan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pontypridd_New_Bridge_(b).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg/220px-Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg/330px-Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg/440px-Pontypridd_New_Bridge_%28b%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3342" data-file-height="1885" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Old_Bridge,_Pontypridd" title="Old Bridge, Pontypridd">Old Bridge</a>, dating from 1756</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coal">Coal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The history of Pontypridd is tied to the <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> industries; before their development Pontypridd was a hamlet of a few farmsteads, with <a href="/wiki/Treforest" title="Treforest">Treforest</a> initially becoming the main urban settlement in the area. Sited at the junction of three valleys, it became an important location for transporting coal from the Rhondda and iron from <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a>, first by the <a href="/wiki/Glamorganshire_Canal" title="Glamorganshire Canal">Glamorganshire Canal</a>, and later by the <a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway" title="Taff Vale Railway">Taff Vale Railway</a>, to the ports at <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry,_Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Barry, Vale of Glamorgan">Barry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>. Its role in coal transport lengthened its railway platform, which is thought to have once been the longest in the world in its heyday.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontypridd in the second half of the 19th century was a hive of industry, once nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Wild_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild West">Wild West</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were several collieries within the Pontypridd area itself, including: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg/220px-Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg/330px-Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg/440px-Pontypridd_Railway_Station_1910s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption>Tonypandy & Trealaw railway station during an early 1910s coal strike</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg/220px-The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg/330px-The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg/440px-The_Pontypridd_Chronicle_Jan_15_1881.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2046" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Front page of the earliest surviving copy of the Welsh newspaper <i>The Pontypridd Chronicle</i>; 15 January 1881</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albion_Colliery" title="Albion Colliery">Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd</a></li> <li>Bodwenarth Colliery, Pontsionnorton</li> <li>Daren Ddu Colliery, Graigwen & Glyncoch</li> <li>Dynea Colliery, Rhydyfelen</li> <li>Gelli-whion Colliery, Graig</li> <li>Great Western/Gyfeillion Colliery, Hopkinstown</li> <li>Lan Colliery, Hopkinstown</li> <li>Newbridge Colliery, Graig</li> <li>Pen-y-rhiw Colliery, Graig</li> <li>Pontypridd/Maritime Collieries, Graig & Maesycoed</li> <li>Pwllgwaun Colliery/'Dan's Muck Hole', Pwllgwaun</li> <li>Red Ash Colliery, Cilfynydd</li> <li>Ty-Mawr Colliery, Hopkinstown & Pantygraigwen</li> <li>Typica Colliery, Hopkinstown & Pantygraigwen, and</li> <li>Victoria Colliery, Maesycoed</li></ul> <p>As well as deep-mined collieries, there were many coal levels and trial shafts dug into the hillsides overlooking the town from Cilfynydd, Graig, Graigwen and <a href="/wiki/Trehafod" title="Trehafod">Hafod</a>. The Albion Colliery in the village of Cilfynydd in 1894 underwent one of the worst explosions in the South Wales coalfield, with the death of 290 colliers (see <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iron_and_steel">Iron and steel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Iron and steel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other instrumental industries in Pontypridd were the <a href="/wiki/Brown_Lenox_%26_Co_Ltd" title="Brown Lenox & Co Ltd">Brown Lenox</a>/Newbridge Chain & Anchor Works south-east of the town, and <a href="/wiki/Crawshay" title="Crawshay">Crawshay</a>'s Forest Iron, Steel & Tin Plate Works and the Taff Vale Iron Works, both in Treforest near the now <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Wales" title="University of South Wales">University of South Wales</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buildings">Buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town has a hospital, <a href="/wiki/Dewi_Sant_Hospital" title="Dewi Sant Hospital">Dewi Sant Hospital</a> and acts as the <a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail" title="Transport for Wales Rail">Transport for Wales Rail</a> at Llys Cadwyn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipal_Buildings,_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg/220px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg/330px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg/440px-Municipal_Buildings%2C_Pontypridd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4260756.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_Municipal_Buildings" title="Pontypridd Municipal Buildings">Pontypridd Municipal Buildings</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_Urban_District_Council" title="Pontypridd Urban District Council">Pontypridd Urban District Council</a> operated from 1894 to 1974, when it was incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Taff_Ely_Borough_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Taff Ely Borough Council">Taff Ely Borough Council</a>. That in turn came under the unitary <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Rhondda Cynon Taf">Rhondda Cynon Taf</a> Council in 1996. Pontypridd Town Council functions as a community council. <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> is the dominant political force and has been since the First World War. The community elects 23 town councillors from 11 community wards: <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a>, Glyncoch, <a href="/wiki/Graig,_Pontypridd" title="Graig, Pontypridd">Graig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Hawthorn</a>, Ilan, Pontypridd, <a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(Pontypridd_electoral_ward)" title="Rhondda (Pontypridd electoral ward)">Rhondda</a>, Rhydfelen Central, Rhydfelen Lower, Trallwng and Treforest.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_Municipal_Buildings" title="Pontypridd Municipal Buildings">Pontypridd Municipal Buildings</a> was completed in 1904.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pontypridd_community">Pontypridd community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pontypridd community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg/220px-Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg/330px-Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg/440px-Cilfynydd_Commercial_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption>The Cilfynydd Commercial Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_David%27s_Church,_Hopkinstown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg/220px-St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg/330px-St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg/440px-St_David%27s_Church%2C_Hopkinstown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption>St. David's Church in <a href="/wiki/Hopkinstown" title="Hopkinstown">Hopkinstown</a> (closed Feb 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Pontypridd community comprises the town centre itself, with the following key villages/settlements: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coedpenmaen" title="Coedpenmaen">Coedpenmaen</a> (Coed-Pen-Maen)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyntaff" title="Glyntaff">Glyntaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyncoch" title="Glyncoch">Glyncoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graig_Pontypridd" class="mw-redirect" title="Graig Pontypridd">Graig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graigwen" title="Graigwen">Graigwen</a> & Pantygraigwen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Glamorgan" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn, Glamorgan">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinstown" title="Hopkinstown">Hopkinstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maesycoed" title="Maesycoed">Maesycoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen-y-coedcae" title="Pen-y-coedcae">Pen-y-coedcae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontsionnorton" title="Pontsionnorton">Pontsionnorton</a> (Pont Sion Norton)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pwllgwaun" title="Pwllgwaun">Pwllgwaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhydyfelin" title="Rhydyfelin">Rhydyfelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trallwn_Pontypridd" class="mw-redirect" title="Trallwn Pontypridd">Trallwn</a> (Trallwng)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treforest" title="Treforest">Treforest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Boat" title="Upper Boat">Upper Boat</a></li></ul> <p>Pontypridd serves as the postal town for the community of <a href="/wiki/Llantwit_Fardre" title="Llantwit Fardre">Llantwit Fardre</a> under the CF38 postcode district, although the area is not considered part of Pontypridd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_links">Transport links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transport links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontypridd came into being because of transport, as it was on the <a href="/wiki/Droving" title="Droving">drovers'</a> route from the south Wales coast and the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a>, to Merthyr, and onwards into the hills of <a href="/wiki/Brecon" title="Brecon">Brecon</a>. Although initial expansion in the valleys occurred at Treforest due to the slower speed of the River Taff at that point, the establishment of better bridge building meant a natural flow of power to Pontypridd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_railway_station" title="Pontypridd railway station">Pontypridd railway station</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg/220px-Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg/330px-Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg/440px-Pontypridd_railway_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="449" /></a><figcaption>Railway station</figcaption></figure> <p>The establishment of Pontypridd over Treforest was finally confirmed with the building of the <a href="/wiki/Glamorganshire_Canal" title="Glamorganshire Canal">Glamorganshire Canal</a> to serve the coalmines of the Rhondda Valley. However, the volumes of coal extraction soon led to construction of the <a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway" title="Taff Vale Railway">Taff Vale Railway</a>, which at its peak meant a train passed through <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_railway_station" title="Pontypridd railway station">Pontypridd railway station</a> (including the freight lines immediately to its west) every two or three minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station was originally built as a long single island, at one point the world's longest platform, a reflection of both the narrow available geography of the steep valley side and the need to accommodate many converging railways lines at what became the 19th-century hub of the valleys. </p><p>Due to the restrictive geography, only parcels and mail were handled at Pontypridd. Heavy freight went to <a href="/wiki/Treforest_railway_station" title="Treforest railway station">Treforest</a>. The station today is operated by <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail" title="Transport for Wales Rail">Transport for Wales</a>, which is headquartered in the town. It reflects the fewer destinations served since the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_cuts" title="Beeching cuts">Beeching</a> and earlier cuts, with one up (valley) platform, one down (through) platform, a down bay platform (opened in December 2014), and one passing loop. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Trams,_trolleybuses,_and_buses"><span id="Trams.2C_trolleybuses.2C_and_buses"></span>Trams, trolleybuses, and buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Trams, trolleybuses, and buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tram</a> service began on 6 March 1905 from <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a> through Pontypridd to Treforest. It gave way on 18 September 1930 to <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses" class="mw-redirect" title="Trolleybuses">trolleybuses</a>, which on 31 January 1957 were replaced by buses following the same route. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glamorgan_Business_School.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Glamorgan_Business_School.jpg/220px-Glamorgan_Business_School.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Glamorgan_Business_School.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="207" /></a><figcaption>Glamorgan Business School (university)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Pontypridd County Intermediate and Technical School was built in 1895 as a co-educational school in Tyfica Road, later becoming Pontypridd County Grammar School for Boys. In 1973, it became the Coedylan Comprehensive School, and is now the <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_High_School" title="Pontypridd High School">Pontypridd High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a> on the west side of the <a href="/wiki/A4054_road" title="A4054 road">A4054</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_High_School_(Pontypridd)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn High School (Pontypridd)">Hawthorn High School</a> is near the <a href="/wiki/A4054_road" title="A4054 road">A4054</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Hawthorn</a> (south-east of the town)</li> <li>Pontypridd Grammar School for Girls was on Glyntaff Road in <a href="/wiki/Glyntaff" title="Glyntaff">Glyntaff</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Celynnog_Comprehensive_School" title="Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School">Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School</a> is on Penycoedcae Road in <a href="/wiki/Beddau" title="Beddau">Beddau</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_Newman_RC_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal Newman RC School">Cardinal Newman RC School</a> is on Dynea Road in <a href="/wiki/Rhydyfelin" title="Rhydyfelin">Rhydyfelin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ysgol_Garth_Olwg" title="Ysgol Garth Olwg">Ysgol Garth Olwg</a> is on the A473 in <a href="/wiki/Church_Village" title="Church Village">Church Village</a> (south of the town).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_South_Wales" title="University of South Wales">University of South Wales</a> is in <a href="/wiki/Treforest" title="Treforest">Treforest</a> (south of the town), next to the <a href="/wiki/A473_road" title="A473 road">A473</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entertainment_and_social_history">Entertainment and social history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Entertainment and social history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_and_recreation">Sport and recreation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sport and recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground,_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg/220px-Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg/330px-Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg/440px-Sardis_Road_Rugby_Ground%2C_Pontypridd_-_Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="557" /></a><figcaption>Sardis Road rugby ground</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paddling_pool,_Ynysangharad_Park,_Pontypridd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/220px-Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/330px-Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg/440px-Paddling_pool%2C_Ynysangharad_Park%2C_Pontypridd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The former paddling pool in Ynysangharad Park, now removed</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg/220px-PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg/330px-PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg/440px-PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The pitch and putt golf course in Ynysangharad Park, now removed</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg/220px-BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg/330px-BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg/440px-BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3999" data-file-height="2939" /></a><figcaption>The bandstand in Ynysangharad Park</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ysangharad_War_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Ysangharad War Memorial">Ynysangharad War Memorial</a> Park, opened by <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby" title="Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby">Field Marshal Viscount Allenby</a> on 6 August 1923, features a <a href="/wiki/Bandstand" title="Bandstand">bandstand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basketball_courts" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball courts">basketball courts</a>, a dog exercise area, a lido swimming pool (dubbed the National Lido of Wales), <a href="/wiki/Tennis_courts" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis courts">tennis courts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lawn_bowls" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawn bowls">lawn bowls</a> greens, a <a href="/wiki/Football_pitch" title="Football pitch">football pitch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cricket_pitch" title="Cricket pitch">cricket pitch</a>, and memorials to the war dead of Pontypridd and to the composers of <a href="/wiki/Hen_Wlad_Fy_Nhadau" title="Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau">the Welsh national anthem</a>. It has also hosted festivals and music concerts, including the annual Ponty's Big Weekend festival.</li> <li>Pontypridd hosts <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_RFC" title="Pontypridd RFC">Pontypridd Rugby Football Club</a>, one of Wales's notable <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> clubs, with a successful junior rugby and age-grade sections. It frequently contribute players to <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">the national team</a>. Formed in 1876,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontypridd RFC play in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Premier_Division" title="Welsh Premier Division">Principality Premiership</a>, <a href="/wiki/WRU_Challenge_Cup" title="WRU Challenge Cup">SWALEC Cup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_and_Irish_Cup" title="British and Irish Cup">British and Irish Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontypridd RFC plays home games at <a href="/wiki/Sardis_Road" title="Sardis Road">Sardis Road</a>, with its junior section playing at <a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Park" title="Taff Vale Park">Taff Vale Park</a> and Pontypridd High School Fields, Cilfynydd.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_United_F.C." title="Pontypridd United F.C.">Pontypridd United F.C.</a> is a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> club which currently plays in the <a href="/wiki/Cymru_South" title="Cymru South">Cymru South</a>, the second tier of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_football_league_system" title="Welsh football league system">Welsh football league system</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorcycle_speedway" title="Motorcycle speedway">Speedway</a> racing was staged at <a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Park" title="Taff Vale Park">Taff Vale Park</a> in the town's Broadway area in 1929/1930.</li> <li>Pontypridd Bowls Club plays in the top division in the Cynon Valley, Mid Glamorgan and the Cardiff League, having been promoted in all three divisions after the 2009 season. Home games are played at Ynysangharad Park.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GTFM" title="GTFM">GTFM</a> is the local <a href="/wiki/Community_radio_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Community radio in the United Kingdom">community radio station</a> based in Pontypridd and broadcasts on 107.9FM to the town and the surrounding areas of Rhondda Cynon Taf.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its studios are based in Rhydyfelin, near Cardinal Newman School.</li></ul> <ul><li>Pontypridd is also served by several <a href="/wiki/Independent_Local_Radio" title="Independent Local Radio">Independent Local Radio</a> stations: <a href="/wiki/Capital_South_Wales" title="Capital South Wales">Capital South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heart_South_Wales" title="Heart South Wales">Heart South Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nation_Radio_Wales" title="Nation Radio Wales">Nation Radio Wales</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>The <i>Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the local weekly newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Culture">Culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg/220px-JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg/330px-JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg/440px-JamesJamesEvanJamesMemorialPontypriddPark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>A memorial in Ynysangharad Park to Evan James and James James, composers of the Welsh national anthem</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The Welsh <a href="/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> <a href="/wiki/Hen_Wlad_Fy_Nhadau" title="Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau">Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau</a> ('The Land of my Fathers') was composed in Pontypridd by local poets/musicians <a href="/wiki/Evan_James_(poet)" title="Evan James (poet)">Evan James</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_James" title="James James">James James</a>.</li> <li>Pontypridd was home to the eccentric <a href="/wiki/William_Price_(doctor)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Price (doctor)">Dr William Price</a> who performed the first modern cremation in the United Kingdom.</li> <li>Pontypridd hosted the <a href="/wiki/National_Eisteddfod" class="mw-redirect" title="National Eisteddfod">National Eisteddfod</a> in 1893 and also hosted the 2024 Eisteddfod.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4r_Meibion_Pontypridd" title="Côr Meibion Pontypridd">Côr Meibion Pontypridd</a> (Pontypridd Male Voice Choir)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pontypridd holds the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Poetry_Competition" title="Welsh Poetry Competition">Welsh Poetry Competition</a>, the biggest of its kind in Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The singer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> was born in Treforest and often mentions his home town in interviews.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He headlined in a 65th birthday concert at the town's Ynysangharad Park.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_Market_and_Town_Hall" title="Pontypridd Market and Town Hall">Pontypridd Market and Town Hall</a> contained an auditorium, latterly known as the Town Hall Theatre, which closed in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The name of the fictional Welsh town of Pontypandy, where children's television programme <i><a href="/wiki/Fireman_Sam" title="Fireman Sam">Fireman Sam</a></i> is set, is a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau</a> of Pontypridd and <a href="/wiki/Tonypandy" title="Tonypandy">Tonypandy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Welsh TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Belonging_(TV_series)" title="Belonging (TV series)">Belonging</a></i> was shot in Pontypridd.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Torchwood" title="Torchwood">Torchwood</a></i> have been filmed at locations in and around Pontypridd, such as at the <i>Market Tavern</i>, a pub in Market Street, and the Lido in <a href="/wiki/Ysangharad_War_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Ysangharad War Memorial">Ynysangharad</a> Park. Other locations include Treforest, Hawthorn, Graigwen, Upper Boat, Trallwng, and <a href="/wiki/Ynysybwl" title="Ynysybwl">Ynysybwl</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twinning">Twinning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Twinning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontypridd is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with <a href="/wiki/N%C3%BCrtingen" title="Nürtingen">Nürtingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Baden-Württemberg">Baden-Württemberg</a>, Germany. Initial contact was made between them in 1965, with a visit by <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4r_Meibion_Pontypridd" title="Côr Meibion Pontypridd">Côr Meibion Pontypridd</a> Welsh male voice <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">Choir</a> to a choir called <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;">Liederkranz</span></span> ("Coronet of Songs") based in the Oberensingen area of Nürtingen. The visit was returned a year later. Reciprocal choir visits have continued and the partnership prompted Pontypridd Urban District Council to join with Nürtingen in formal twinning relations, under an agreement signed in July 1968 by John Cheesman, Chairman of Pontypridd UDC, and Karl Gonser, Mayor of Nürtingen.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pontypridd is twinned with <a href="/wiki/Mbale" title="Mbale">Mbale</a>, Uganda, since an official twinning ceremony in 2005, following links by local churches and health-care workers under the charitable Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Pontypridd" title="Category:People from Pontypridd">Category:People from Pontypridd</a></i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bye" title="Robert Bye">Robert Bye</a> (1889–1962), recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Burrows" title="Stuart Burrows">Stuart Burrows</a> (born 1933), opera singer, born in <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Campbell_(musician)" title="Phil Campbell (musician)">Phil Campbell</a> (born 1961) of Motörhead</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climbing_Trees" title="Climbing Trees">Climbing Trees</a>, indie-folk band, formed in Pontypridd in 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catrin_Collier" title="Catrin Collier">Catrin Collier</a> (born 1948), novelist, had the Tŷ Catrin adult education centre in Pontypridd named in her honour in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-CaA_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaA-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Daniel" title="Joyce Daniel">Joyce Daniel</a> opened one of the country's first birth control clinics in Pontypridd in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraint_Evans" title="Geraint Evans">Geraint Evans</a> (1922–1992), opera singer, born in <a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Humphreys" title="Beverley Humphreys">Beverley Humphreys</a> (born 1947), operatic and concert singer and broadcaster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evan_James_(poet)" title="Evan James (poet)">Evan James</a> (1809–1878) and <a href="/wiki/James_James" title="James James">James James</a> (1832–1902), writers of <a href="/wiki/Hen_Wlad_Fy_Nhadau" title="Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau">Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau</a>, the national anthem of Wales</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Wayne_Jones" title="Alan Wayne Jones">Alan Wayne Jones</a> (born 1945), forensic toxicologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_Jones_(judge)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Lloyd Jones (judge)">David Lloyd Jones</a> (born 1952), <a href="/wiki/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="High Court judge (England and Wales)">Judge of the High Court</a> (QBD), <a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Justice of Appeal">Lord Justice of Appeal</a>, and first <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a> to come from Wales was educated at <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_High_School" title="Pontypridd High School">Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> (born 1940), singer, was born at 57 Kingsland Terrace in village of <a href="/wiki/Treforest" title="Treforest">Treforest</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)" title="David Kelly (weapons expert)">David Kelly</a> (1944–2003), specialist in biological warfare, attended <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_High_School" title="Pontypridd High School">Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lostprophets" title="Lostprophets">Lostprophets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alternative_metal" title="Alternative metal">alternative metal</a> band formed in 1997<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Morgan" title="Elaine Morgan">Elaine Morgan</a> (1920–2013), scriptwriter and anthropologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberley_Nixon" title="Kimberley Nixon">Kimberley Nixon</a> (born 1985), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morfydd_Llwyn_Owen" title="Morfydd Llwyn Owen">Morfydd Llwyn Owen</a> (1891-1918), composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Price_(doctor)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Price (doctor)">William Price</a> (1800–1893) carried out the first cremation in the UK in modern times on <a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a> Common.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlyn_Rees" title="Merlyn Rees">Merlyn Rees</a> (born 1920), Labour Party politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Slade" title="Chris Slade">Chris Slade</a> (born 1946), drummer for <a href="/wiki/AC/DC" title="AC/DC">AC/DC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asia_(band)" title="Asia (band)">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Volk" title="Stephen Volk">Stephen Volk</a> (born 1954), screenwriter and novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasker_Watkins" title="Tasker Watkins">Tasker Watkins</a> (1918–2007), <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Justice_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Justice of Appeal">Lord Justice of Appeal</a>, deputy Lord Chief Justice, and President of the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Welsh Rugby Union</a>, was educated at <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_High_School" title="Pontypridd High School">Pontypridd Boys' Grammar School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naunton_Wayne" title="Naunton Wayne">Naunton Wayne</a> (1901–1970), actor, born in Llanwonno</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Wood_(composer)" title="Gareth Wood (composer)">Gareth Wood</a> (1950-2023), composer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_people">Sports people</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sports people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Canning" title="Danny Canning">Danny Canning</a> (1926–2014), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Cooper" title="Keith Cooper">Keith Cooper</a> (football referee) (born 1948), former Premier League referee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Cooper_(football_manager)" title="Steve Cooper (football manager)">Steve Cooper</a> (born 1979), current <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> manager for <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyn_Davies_(rugby_union)" title="Glyn Davies (rugby union)">Glyn Davies (rugby union)</a> (1927-1976), Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Donaldson" title="Jamie Donaldson">Jamie Donaldson</a> (born 1975), professional golfer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Gale" title="Colin Gale">Colin Gale</a> (1932–2008), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harri_Greville" title="Harri Greville">Harri Greville</a> (born 1990), rugby league footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gwilliam" title="John Gwilliam">John Gwilliam</a> (1923–2016) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Haig" title="Richard Haig">Richard Haig</a> (born 1970), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Hill" title="Cory Hill">Cory Hill</a> (born 1992) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceri_Hughes" title="Ceri Hughes">Ceri Hughes</a> (born 1971), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_James_(swimmer)" title="Jenny James (swimmer)">Jenny James</a> (1927–2014), first Welsh person to swim the English Channel (in 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Jenkins" title="Neil Jenkins">Neil Jenkins</a> (born 1971) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Laxon" title="Sheila Laxon">Sheila Laxon</a> the first female horse trainer to win the Australian "cups double": the <a href="/wiki/Caulfield_Cup" title="Caulfield Cup">Caulfield Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cup" title="Melbourne Cup">Melbourne Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Lloyd" title="Ella Lloyd">Ella Lloyd</a> (born 2005) Welsh racing driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Mountain" title="Pat Mountain">Pat Mountain</a> (born 1976), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Morgan_(rugby_union)" title="Kevin Morgan (rugby union)">Kevin Morgan</a> (born 1977) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen_(rugby_union)" title="Michael Owen (rugby union)">Michael Owen</a> (born 1980) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Parks" title="Richard Parks">Richard Parks</a> (born 1977) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Price" title="Jason Price">Jason Price</a> (born 1977) , association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Robins" title="Russell Robins">Russell Robins</a> (1932–2019) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceri_Sweeney" title="Ceri Sweeney">Ceri Sweeney</a> (born 1980) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Turnbull_(cricketer)" title="Peter Turnbull (cricketer)">Peter Turnbull</a> (born 1989), first-class cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owain_Warlow" title="Owain Warlow">Owain Warlow</a> (born 1987), association footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Welsh" title="Freddie Welsh">Freddie Welsh</a> (1886–1927), world champion boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyn_Williams" title="Martyn Williams">Martyn Williams</a> (born 1975) Welsh international rugby player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Wyatt" title="Gareth Wyatt">Gareth Wyatt</a> (born 1977) Welsh international rugby player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFTobin1991" class="citation book cs1">Tobin, Patrick F. (1991). <i>The Bridge and the Song, Some chapters in the story of Pontypridd</i>. Bridgend: Mid Glamorgan County Libraries. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-872430-05-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-872430-05-8"><bdi>1-872430-05-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Bridge+and+the+Song%2C+Some+chapters+in+the+story+of+Pontypridd&rft.place=Bridgend&rft.pub=Mid+Glamorgan+County+Libraries&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=1-872430-05-8&rft.aulast=Tobin&rft.aufirst=Patrick+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)">Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)">Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontypridd&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/wales/rhondda_cynon_taf/W38000081__pontypridd/">"Pontypridd (Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales / Cymru, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information"</a>. <i>Citypopulation.de</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Citypopulation.de&rft.atitle=Pontypridd+%28Rhondda+Cynon+Taf%2C+Wales+%2F+Cymru%2C+United+Kingdom%29+-+Population+Statistics%2C+Charts%2C+Map%2C+Location%2C+Weather+and+Web+Information&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypopulation.de%2Fen%2Fuk%2Fwales%2Frhondda_cynon_taf%2FW38000081__pontypridd%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/Pontypridd">"Pontypridd"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Collins_English_Dictionary" title="Collins English Dictionary">Collins English Dictionary</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Pontypridd&rft.btitle=Collins+English+Dictionary&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.collinsdictionary.com%2Fdictionary%2Fenglish%2FPontypridd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/SportsandLeisure/Lido/Home.aspx">"Lido Ponty | Outdoor Swimming in Pontypridd, South Wales"</a>. <i>www.rctcbc.gov.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.rctcbc.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Lido+Ponty+%7C+Outdoor+Swimming+in+Pontypridd%2C+South+Wales&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rctcbc.gov.uk%2FEN%2FResident%2FSportsandLeisure%2FLido%2FHome.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ponty.net/">"Home"</a>. <i>Pontypridd-RFC</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 July</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pontypridd-RFC&rft.atitle=Home&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ponty.net%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCHK2007" class="citation web cs1">CHK (7 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cartogold.co.uk/rhondda/text/06_sa_policies.html">"Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan"</a>. <i>Cartogold.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cartogold.co.uk&rft.atitle=Rhondda+Cynon+Taf+Local+Development+Plan&rft.date=2007-12-07&rft.au=CHK&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cartogold.co.uk%2Frhondda%2Ftext%2F06_sa_policies.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1041/schedule/1/made">"The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, Schedule 1"</a>. <i>Legislation.gov.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Legislation.gov.uk&rft.atitle=The+Parliamentary+Constituencies+and+Assembly+Electoral+Regions+%28Wales%29+Order+2006%2C+Schedule+1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2006%2F1041%2Fschedule%2F1%2Fmade&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APontypridd" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales</i>. <a href="/wiki/John_Davies_(historian)" title="John Davies (historian)">John Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Jenkins" title="Nigel Jenkins">Nigel Jenkins</a>, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg692 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7083-1953-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7083-1953-6">978-0-7083-1953-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The urban area with nearby communities has about 55,000 inhabitants. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew_part1.pdf">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080226224626/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/census2001/ks_ua_ew_part1.pdf">Archived</a> 26 February 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131005042549/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939138&c=Pontypridd&d=14&e=16&g=419433&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214338952796&enc=1">"Office of National Statistics"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5939138&c=Pontypridd&d=14&e=16&g=419433&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1214338952796&enc=1">the original</a> on 5 October 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Aber_Valley" title="Aber Valley">Aber Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_County_Borough" title="Caerphilly County Borough">Caerphilly</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Llantwit_Fardre" title="Llantwit Fardre">Llantwit Fardre</a></td> <td></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Llanharry">Llanharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llantwit_Fardre" title="Llantwit Fardre">Llantwit Fardre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwydcoed" title="Llwydcoed">Llwydcoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwynypia" title="Llwynypia">Llwynypïa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maerdy" title="Maerdy">Maerdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Ash_East" title="Mountain Ash East">Mountain Ash East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mountain_Ash_West&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mountain Ash West (page does not exist)">Mountain Ash West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penrhiwceiber" title="Penrhiwceiber">Penrhiwceiber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentre" title="Pentre">Pentre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penygraig" title="Penygraig">Pen-y-graig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penywaun" title="Penywaun">Penywaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontyclun" title="Pontyclun">Pont-y-clun</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pontypridd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porth" title="Porth">Porth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhigos" title="Rhigos">Rhigos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff%27s_Well" title="Taff's Well">Taff's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonypandy" title="Tonypandy">Tonypandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonyrefail" title="Tonyrefail">Tonyrefail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trealaw" title="Trealaw">Trealaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trehafod" title="Trehafod">Trehafod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treherbert" title="Treherbert">Treherbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treorchy" title="Treorchy">Treorchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tylorstown" title="Tylorstown">Tylorstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynyshir" title="Ynyshir">Ynyshir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynysybwl_and_Coed-y-Cwm" title="Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm">Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ystrad" title="Ystrad">Ystrad</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg/150px-Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg/225px-Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg/300px-Wales_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1047" data-file-height="1251" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Wales" title="List of towns in Wales">Towns</a><br />and<br />villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberaman" title="Aberaman">Aberaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abercwmboi" title="Abercwmboi">Abercwmboi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abercynon" title="Abercynon">Abercynon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Aberdare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abernant,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Abernant, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Abernant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beddau" title="Beddau">Beddau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clydach_Vale" title="Clydach Vale">Blaenclydach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaencwm" title="Blaencwm">Blaencwm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaenllechau" title="Blaenllechau">Blaenllechau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaenrhondda" title="Blaenrhondda">Blaenrhondda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymmer,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Cymmer, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Britannia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brynna" title="Brynna">Bryncae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryngolau" title="Bryngolau">Bryngolau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brynna" title="Brynna">Brynna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brynsadler" title="Brynsadler">Brynsadler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beddau" title="Beddau">Brynteg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynysybwl" title="Ynysybwl">Buarth-y-Capel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Bwllfa Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caegarw" title="Caegarw">Caegarw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnetown" title="Carnetown">Carnetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontyclun" title="Pontyclun">Castell y Mwnws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castellau" title="Castellau">Castellau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefn_Rhigos" title="Cefn Rhigos">Cefn Rhigos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefnpennar" title="Cefnpennar">Cefnpennar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_Village" title="Church Village">Church Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cilfynydd" title="Cilfynydd">Cilfynydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clydach_Vale" title="Clydach Vale">Clydach Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coed-Ely" title="Coed-Ely">Coed-Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coedpenmaen" title="Coedpenmaen">Coedpenmaen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynysybwl" title="Ynysybwl">Coed-y-Cwm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonyrefail" title="Tonyrefail">Collena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Croesbychan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Inn,_Llantrisant" title="Cross Inn, Llantrisant">Cross Inn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwm-Hwnt" title="Cwm-Hwnt">Cwm-Hwnt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwmaman" title="Cwmaman">Cwmaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwmbach" title="Cwmbach">Cwmbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwmdare" title="Cwmdare">Cwmdare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwmparc" title="Cwmparc">Cwmparc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwmpennar" title="Cwmpennar">Cwmpennar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymmer,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Cymmer, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Cymmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinas_Rhondda" title="Dinas Rhondda">Dinas Rhondda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolau" title="Dolau">Dolau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penygraig" title="Penygraig">Edmondstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Efail_Isaf" title="Efail Isaf">Efail Isaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferndale,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Ferndale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernhill,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Fernhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Foundry Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Gadlys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilfach_Goch" title="Gilfach Goch">Garden City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelli,_Rhondda" title="Gelli, Rhondda">Gelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilfach_Goch" title="Gilfach Goch">Gilfach Goch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff%27s_Well" title="Taff's Well">Glan-y-ffordd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff%27s_Well" title="Taff's Well">Glan-y-llyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenboi" title="Glenboi">Glenboi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyncoch" title="Glyncoch">Glyncoch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glynfach" title="Glynfach">Glynfach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberaman" title="Aberaman">Glynhafod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glyntaff" title="Glyntaff">Glyntaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Godreaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graig,_Pontypridd" title="Graig, Pontypridd">Graig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graigwen" title="Graigwen">Graigwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groes-faen" title="Groes-faen">Groes-faen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Hawthorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilfach_Goch" title="Gilfach Goch">Hendreforgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirwaun" title="Hirwaun">Hirwaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinstown" title="Hopkinstown">Hopkinstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhydyfelin" title="Rhydyfelin">Ilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanharan" title="Llanharan">Llanharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanharry" title="Llanharry">Llanharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanilid" title="Llanilid">Llanilid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llantrisant" title="Llantrisant">Llantrisant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llantwit_Fardre" title="Llantwit Fardre">Llantwit Fardre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwydcoed" title="Llwydcoed">Llwydcoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwyncelyn,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Llwyncelyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Llwyncelyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llwynypia" title="Llwynypia">Llwynypia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maerdy" title="Maerdy">Maerdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maesycoed" title="Maesycoed">Maesycoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miskin,_Mountain_Ash" title="Miskin, Mountain Ash">Miskin, Mountain Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miskin" title="Miskin">Miskin, Pontyclun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Ash,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Mountain Ash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontyclun" title="Pontyclun">Mwyndy</a></li> <li><a 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title="Penywaun">Penywaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perthcelyn" title="Perthcelyn">Perthcelyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontcynon" title="Pontcynon">Pontcynon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontsionnorton" title="Pontsionnorton">Pontsionnorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontyclun" title="Pontyclun">Pontyclun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontygwaith,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Pontygwaith, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Pontygwaith</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pontypridd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porth" title="Porth">Porth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pwllgwaun" title="Pwllgwaun">Pwllgwaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhigos" title="Rhigos">Rhigos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff%27s_Well" title="Taff's Well">Rhiw Ddar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhiwsaeson" title="Rhiwsaeson">Rhiwsaeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhydyfelin" title="Rhydyfelin">Rhydyfelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Robertstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ynysybwl" title="Ynysybwl">Roberttown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanleytown,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Stanleytown, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Stanleytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff%27s_Well" title="Taff's Well">Taff's Well</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbot_Green" title="Talbot Green">Talbot Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontyclun" title="Pontyclun">Talygarn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomastown,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Thomastown, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Thomastown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ton_Pentre" title="Ton Pentre">Ton Pentre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonteg" title="Tonteg">Tonteg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonypandy" title="Tonypandy">Tonypandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonyrefail" title="Tonyrefail">Tonyrefail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trallwn" title="Trallwn">Trallwn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trealaw" title="Trealaw">Trealaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trebanog" title="Trebanog">Trebanog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trecynon" title="Trecynon">Trecynon</a></li> <li><a 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