Glyntaff

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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);{{cite web |title=Academic Facilities at the Glyntaff Campus |url=http://www.glam.ac.uk/location/glyntaff |publisher=University of Glamorgan |access-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812014004/http://www.glam.ac.uk/location/glyntaff |archive-date=12 August 2012 }} 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.[https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/BirthsMarriagesandDeaths/Deaths/Cremations.aspx] Cremations - Rhonda Cynon Taf Council bereavement services page.

Glyntaff was served between 1904 and 1932 by Glyntaff Halt railway station on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway.Hutton, J. The Newport Dock & Railway Company. Silver Link. 1996, p. 85

References

External links

[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2793023 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Glyntaff and surrounding area]

Category:Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf