“...A town with a view”

At 300 metres above sea-level, Ferndale in the Rhondda Fach is the highest town in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Sitting on a ledge above the valley floor, surrounded by woods and dominated by rocky escarpments, it is distinctly isolated from the other settlements in the Rhondda. The main A4233 links Ferndale with Porthand Aberdare, giving easy access to both the A470 to Cardiff and the Heads of the Valleys Road, whilst the B4277 leads over the summit of Penrhys to the Rhondda Fawr towns of Treorchy and Tonypandy. Frequent buses link all the villages of the Rhondda Fach with Ferndale, and there are express buses to Cardiff and a rail-feeder bus to the Rhondda line at Ystrad. The busy High Street has a lively array of traditional shops, often in pairs: two butchers, two greengrocers, two supermarkets and two cafés. There are also various specialist shops, including a ladies outfitter, a petshop, and an ironmongers – a treasure cave for the DIY enthusiast.

Gan sefyll 300 metr uwchben lefel y môr, Glynrhedynog, yng Nghwm Rhondda Fach, ydy’r dre uchaf yn Rhondda Cynon Taf. A’i seiliau ar silff o graig uwchlaw gwaelod y cwm, coetiroedd o’i hamgylch a tharenni creigiog yn crogi uwch ei phen, mae Glynrhedynog dipyn yn wahanol i aneddleoedd eraill Cwm Rhondda. Mae priffordd A4233 yn cysylltu Glynrhedynog â’r Porth ac ag Aberdâr, gan roi mynediad hwylus i gefnffordd A470 i Gaerdydd a Ffordd Blaenau’r Cymoedd tra bo ffordd B4277 yn bwrw drosgopa Pen-rhys i’w chysylltu â threfi Treorci aThonypandy yng Nghwm Rhondda Fawr.Maebysiau’n rhedeg yn aml rhwng pentrefi Cwm Rhondda Fach a Glynrhedynog ac mae gwasanaethau cyflym i Gaerdydd a bws cysylltu âr heilffordd Cwm Rhondda yn Ystradyfodwg. Mae rhesi o siopau traddodiadol prysur ar hydochrau’r stryd fawr,l awer ohonyn nhw’n barau: dwy siop lysiau, dau gigydd, dwy archfarchnad fechan a dau gaffi. Ynogystal â’r rhain, maeamryw siopau arbenigol, gan gynnwys siop ddilladi ferched, siop anifeiliaid anwes a siop nwyddau haearn – trysorfa i selogion DIY. Ychydig gamauoddi ar y stryd fawr mae llechfaen i nodi lleganed Syr Stanley Baker ac mae cofeb iddo ym Mharc Greenwood, ar lawr y cwm yn ogystal.