Pentre
Parish in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.65, -3.491 |
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| OS grid ref: | SS 96 95 |
| Population: | 5,424 |
Pentre sits in the steep-sided Rhondda valley within Rhondda Cynon Taf, a ribbon of Victorian terraces, chapels and former industrial buildings squeezed along the valley floor between Tonypandy and Ystrad. The village expanded rapidly in the 19th century as part of the South Wales coalfield; remnants of collieries and miners’ institutes remain visible and shape much of the local landscape and townscape.
Community life has long been marked by a strong working‑class identity: chapels, social clubs and a long‑standing rugby tradition (the local club remains a focal point) keep social ties alive. Like much of the Rhondda, Pentre has faced economic change since the decline of deep coal mining, with regeneration efforts, heritage interest and commuting links into Cardiff and surrounding towns shaping its more recent story.
Postcode districts covering Pentre
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 16.8 miles
- Swansea 19.6 miles
- Newport 23 miles
- Tonypandy 2.8 miles
- Barry 19.6 miles
- Bridgend 10.2 miles
- Cwmbran Central 19.8 miles
- Cwmbrân 19.7 miles
- Neath 14.2 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 8.3 miles
- Coity Higher 9.1 miles
- Pontypool 19.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ystrad Ward 0.9 miles
- Rhondda Built-up area 1 mile
- Treorchy Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Maerdy Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Ferndale and Maerdy Ward 1.7 miles
- Cwm Clydach Parish 1.8 miles
- Ferndale Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Llwyn-y-pia Ward 1.9 miles
- Tylorstown Parish 2.4 miles
- Tylorstown and Pontygwaith Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Tonypandy Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Tylorstown and Ynyshir Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Pentre
CF41 7HB, CF41 7AR, CF41 7BT, CF41 7JE, CF41 7DF, CF41 7JR, CF41 7HY, CF41 7AD, CF41 7DW … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 18.6 miles
- Bristol Airport 38 miles
- Ton Pentre Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Treorchy Railway Station 0.8 miles
Hotels near Pentre Ad
- The Falcon Inn Retreat 3.7 miles
- Llechwen Hall Hotel 3 7.8 miles
- The Coed-Y-Mwstwr Hotel 4 9.5 miles
- The Masons Arms Hotel 3 7.9 miles
- Howfield Hotel 8.1 miles
- The Blueberry Hotel 3 7.2 miles
- The Antelope Hotel 9.9 miles
- Heritage Park Pontypridd, Trademark Collection by Wyndham 3 5.1 miles
- Days Inn Bridgend Cardiff 3 8.9 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 8.2 miles
Schools in Pentre
- Ton Pentre Infants Primary
- Ton Pentre Junior School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ogmore Forest Forest 4 miles
- Sardis Road Stadium 7 miles
- Llantrisant Forest Forest 7.6 miles
- Hensol Castle Estate 11.7 miles
- The Gnoll Stadium 13.2 miles
- Victoria Road Stadium 14 miles
- Craig-y-nôs Castle Estate 14.2 miles
- Afan Lido Stadium 14.2 miles
- Fforest Fawr Mountains 14.4 miles
- Porthcawl Harbour Harbour 14.6 miles
- St Fagans: National History Museum Museum 14.6 miles
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 15.1 miles