Pontypridd is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf,South Wales,approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys:the Rhondda Fawr,Rhondda Fach,Cynon,Taff and Ely valleys,plus a number of towns and villages away from the valleys.
Treforest is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd,in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. It is situated in the Treforest electoral ward,along with the village of Glyntaff. It is part of the Pontypridd Town community. Treforest runs along the west bank of the River Taff,while Glyntaff runs along its east bank.
Cynon Valley was a constituency in Wales,of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2024. Its last MP from 2019 to 2024 was Beth Winter of the Labour Party.
Pontypridd is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Alex Davies-Jones of the Labour Party.
Taff's Well is a semi-rural village,community and electoral ward located at the south-eastern tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf,6 miles (9.7 km) to the north of Cardiff,the capital city of Wales. Known locally as the 'Gates to the Valleys',it is separated from Gwaelod-y-Garth by the River Taff. Taff's Well is distinguished because it contains the only thermal spring in Wales. The tepid water is thought to rise along a fault-line from the Carboniferous Limestone,in somewhat similar manner to the warm springs at Bristol and Bath. Various religious groups regard it as a spiritual site.
Taff-Ely was a local government district with borough status in Wales from 1974 to 1996.
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council is the governing body for Rhondda Cynon Taf,one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council headquarters are located in the Llys Cadwyn Development in Pontypridd.
Llantwit Fardre is a large village and community situated on the A473,Pontypridd to Bridgend,road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. Llantwit Fardre is also the name of the old parish and the community area that takes in the villages of Llantwit Fardre,Tonteg and Church Village. It is in the county of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Church Village is a large village in the historic parish and community of Llantwit Fardre,located within the Taff Ely district of the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales. The village is centrally located being around 4 miles (6.4 km) from the local principal towns of Llantrisant to the southwest and Pontypridd to the north and is situated around 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Cardiff city centre.
Tonteg is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taf in South Wales. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) from Pontypridd,9 miles (14.5 km) north west of Cardiff and 4 miles (6.44 km) north east of Llantrisant. The village is within the community of Llantwit Fardre. Tonteg is to the north west of the Garth Mountain,on the west side of the River Taff valley,at the top of a hill known locally as Powerstation Hill. The hill gets its name from the Upper Boat power station which was situated at the bottom of the hill until it was demolished in 1972. Tonteg is next to Church Village and the boundaries between the two villages are blurred. A significant part of the Treforest Industrial Estate falls within the Willowford area of Tonteg.
Hawthorn is a village and electoral ward within the community of the town of Pontypridd in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf,located 10 miles north west of Cardiff,the capital city of Wales. Historically this fell within the parish of Eglwysilan within Mid Glamorgan.
The Afon Clun is a 14-mile (23 km) long tributary of the River Ely,in the counties of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales. Its bedrock is predominantly of sandstone. Beginning on the western slope of The Garth the river is fast-flowing,in clear shallow water with a hard substrate,flowing to the south of Llantrisant and generally west to its confluence with the River Ely at Pontyclun,falling 715 feet (218 m) over its course.
The 2017 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election took place on Thursday 4 May 2017 to elect members of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council in Wales. This was the same day as other 2017 United Kingdom local elections. The previous full council election took place on 3 May 2012 and the next full election took place in 2022.
Heledd Fychan is a Welsh politician and a former director of policy and political education for Plaid Cymru. She was elected to the Senedd for the South Wales Central region in May 2021.
Alexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she is Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding.
Gwlad is a centre-right Welsh nationalist and pro-independence political party. Its current leader is Gwyn Wigley Evans.
Elizabeth "Buffy" Williams is a Welsh politician who is the Labour Member of the Senedd for Rhondda.
Tom Giffard is a Welsh Conservative politician who has served as Member of the Senedd (MS) for the region of South Wales West since 2021.
