Pontypridd

Pontypridd ( , ), colloquially referred to as Ponty, is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately north west of Cardiff city centre.

Key facts

UK place.country: Wales
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly: Pontypridd,South Wales Central Electoral Region
UK place.official_name: Pontypridd
UK place.population: 31,206
UK place.population_ref: (2021)
UK place.community_wales: Pontypridd Town
UK place.unitary_wales: Rhondda Cynon Taf
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Mid Glamorgan
UK place.constituency_westminster: Pontypridd
UK place.post_town: PONTYPRIDD
UK place.postcode_district: CF37
UK place.postcode_area: CF
UK place.dial_code: 01443
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST075895

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
History
Etymology
Old Bridge
Coal
Iron and steel
Buildings
Government
Pontypridd community
Transport links
Railway
Trams, trolleybuses, and buses
Education
Entertainment and social history
Sport and recreation
Media
Culture
In popular culture
Twinning
Notable people
Sports people
Bibliography
See also
References
External links

Pontypridd ( , ), colloquially referred to as Ponty, is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately north west of Cardiff city centre.

==Geography== Pontypridd comprises the electoral wards of Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan, Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest. The town mainly falls within the Senedd and UK parliamentary constituency by the same name, although the Cilfynydd and Glyncoch wards fall within the Cynon Valley Senedd constituency and the Cynon Valley UK parliamentary constituency. This change was effective for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election, and for the 2010 UK General Election.

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