Newtown
is a village and district of the town of
Mountain Ash Mountain ash may refer to:
* ''Eucalyptus regnans'', the tallest of all flowering plants, native to Australia
* Mountain-ashes or rowans, varieties of trees and shrubs in the genus ''Sorbus''
See also
* Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, a town ...
, within the
Cynon Valley
Cynon Valley () is a former coal mining valley in Wales. It lies between Rhondda and the Merthyr Valley and takes its name from the River Cynon. Aberdare is located in the north of the valley and Mountain Ash in the south. From 1974 to 19 ...
in
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff () and Ely valleys, ...
, Wales.
Geography
The village is located to the east of Mountain Ash town centre, bounded by the
River Cynon
The River Cynon () in South Wales is a main tributary of the Taff. Its source is the rising of Llygad Cynon (OS grid ref SN 95240 07740) at above sea level at Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf and flows roughly southeast, into the Taff at Abercynon ...
to the west, and the large village of
Caegarw to the north.
Gallery
Image:Strand Street, Newtown, Mountain Ash - geograph.org.uk - 341309.jpg
Image:Lower Forest Level, Newtown, Mountain Ash. - geograph.org.uk - 1032252.jpg
References
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Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf