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Where is Pontrhydyfen?

Pontrhydyfen is located in the county of West Glamorgan, Wales, three miles north-east of the town of Port Talbot, nine miles east of the major city of Swansea, 27 miles north-west of Cardiff, and 156 miles west of London. Pontrhydyfen lies three miles west of the Mid Glamorgan border, and was historically in the county of Glamorgan. Pontrhydyfen falls within the unitary authority of Castell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot. It is in the SA12 postcode district. The post town for Pontrhydyfen is Port Talbot.

Pontrhydyfen on a map

Map showing extent of Pontrhydyfen as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Pontrhydyfen
Map showing location of Pontrhydyfen within the UK
Location of Pontrhydyfen within the UK

Which county is Pontrhydyfen in?

Pontrhydyfen is in the ceremonial county of West Glamorgan, the historic county of Glamorgan, and the administrative county of Castell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot.

Ceremonial CountyWest Glamorgan
Historic CountyGlamorgan
Administrative CountyCastell-nedd Port Talbot - Neath Port Talbot

Where is Pontrhydyfen in West Glamorgan?

Pontrhydyfen is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Glamorgan, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Glamorgan.

Map showing location of Pontrhydyfen within West Glamorgan
Location of Pontrhydyfen within West Glamorgan

What is the postcode for Pontrhydyfen?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Pontrhydyfen is SA12 9TF.

Where is Pontrhydyfen in SA12?

Pontrhydyfen is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SA12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SA12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Pontrhydyfen within SA12
Location of Pontrhydyfen within SA12

What is the post town for Pontrhydyfen?

The post town for Pontrhydyfen is Port Talbot. Pontrhydyfen is in the SA12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Port Talbot.

What is the latitude and longitude of Pontrhydyfen?

The centre of Pontrhydyfen is located at position 51.63424° latitude and -3.74426° longitude.

Latitude51.63424°
Longitude-3.74426°

What is the easting and northing of Pontrhydyfen?

The centre of Pontrhydyfen is located at the grid reference easting 279380 and northing 194267 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting279380
Northing194267

What are the nearest towns to Pontrhydyfen?

Position of Pontrhydyfen relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Pontrhydyfen to the centre of the town.

north-east
3m
Pontrhydyfen is 3 miles north-east of Port Talbot
south-east
3m
Pontrhydyfen is 3 miles south-east of Neath
north-west
4m
Pontrhydyfen is 4 miles north-west of Maesteg
west
7m
Pontrhydyfen is 7 miles west of Pontycymer
south-east
8m
Pontrhydyfen is 8 miles south-east of Pontardawe
south-west
9m
Pontrhydyfen is 9 miles south-west of Glyn-neath
west
9m
Pontrhydyfen is 9 miles west of Treherbert
south
10m
Pontrhydyfen is 10 miles south of Ystradgynlais
west
10m
Pontrhydyfen is 10 miles west of Treorchy
north
11m
Pontrhydyfen is 11 miles north of Porthcawl

What are the nearest cities to Pontrhydyfen?

Position of Pontrhydyfen relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Pontrhydyfen to the centre of the city.

east
9m
Pontrhydyfen is 9 miles east of Swansea
north-west
27m
Pontrhydyfen is 27 miles north-west of Cardiff
west
32m
Pontrhydyfen is 32 miles west of Newport
west
51m
Pontrhydyfen is 51 miles west of Bristol
south-west
53m
Pontrhydyfen is 53 miles south-west of Hereford
north-west
56m
Pontrhydyfen is 56 miles north-west of Wells
west
62m
Pontrhydyfen is 62 miles west of Bath
north
64m
Pontrhydyfen is 64 miles north of Exeter
west
66m
Pontrhydyfen is 66 miles west of Gloucester
east
67m
Pontrhydyfen is 67 miles east of St Davids