Glyntaff Explained

Coordinates:51.596°N -3.323°W
Country:Wales
Static Image:Glyntaff Crematorium - geograph.org.uk - 622694.jpg
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Constituency Welsh Assembly:Rhondda
Official Name:Glyntaff
Unitary Wales:Rhondda Cynon Taf
Lieutenancy Wales:Mid Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Pontypridd

Glyntaff is a small village to the south-east of Pontypridd, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales situated in the Treforest ward along with the village of Trefforest.

Education

Glyntaff is the location of the University of South Wales, formerly University of Glamorgan, Polytechnic of Wales' Glyntaff Campus, which houses the Department for Health, Sport and Social Science (HESAS);[1] including Glamorgan's Police Science Centre and Glamorgan Centre for Art & Design Technology.

Places of worship

The parish church of St Mary's is on Glyntaff Road in the village.

Other information

Also Glyntaff Crematorium (pictured), the first such facility in Wales when opened in 1924, is located in this village. It is run by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.[2]

Glyntaff was served between 1904 and 1932 by Glyntaff Halt railway station on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Academic Facilities at the Glyntaff Campus . University of Glamorgan . 3 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120812014004/http://www.glam.ac.uk/location/glyntaff . 12 August 2012 .
  2. https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/BirthsMarriagesandDeaths/Deaths/Cremations.aspx
  3. Hutton, J. The Newport Dock & Railway Company. Silver Link. 1996, p. 85

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