“...Porth is at one and the same time the gateway to the Rhondda and the narrow portal which gives access for the two historic valleys to the great world outside.”

In Welsh, Porth means “gateway”, and standing at the confluence of the rivers Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach, Porth is at one and the same time the gateway to the Rhondda and the narrow portal which gives access for the two historic valleys to the great world outside. With frequent connections by bus and train to Tonypandy and Treochy in the Rhondda Fawr and by bus to Ferndale and Maerdy in the Fach, Porth is easily accessible to all the Rhondda communities, and is then linked easily to Pontypridd and Cardiff by road and rail, but by far the best way to arrive is direct from M4 Junction 34 via the A4119 and A4233 which descends into the town from the mountain pass of Trebanog, with sweeping views of moor and cliff.

Mae tref Porth Rhondda’n sefyll ar aber Afon Rhondda Fach lle mae hi’n ymuno â’i chwaer fawr. Dyma’r bwlch i gael mynediad i gymoedd y ddwy afon ar un llaw a’r drws i drigolion y ddau gwm hanesyddol i gamu allan trwyddo i’r byd mawr y tu allan ar y llaw arall. A bysiau a threnau’n rhedeg yn aml i Donypandy a Threorci yng nghwm y Fawr, a bysiau i Lynrhedynog a’r Maerdy yng nghwm y Fach, mae tref y Porth yn hwylus i bob un o gymunedau Cwm Rhondda. Oddi yno, mater hawdd ydy cyrraedd Pontypridd a’r Brifddinas ar hyd y rheilffordd neu’r ffyrdd. Y ffordd hawsaf o ddigon ichi gyrraedd y dre ydy ar hyd y cysylltiad â thraffordd M4 – gadael ar gyffordd 34, dilynpriffyrdd A4119 ac A4233 a disgyn o uchelder Bwlch Trebanog, gan fwynhau’r golygfeydd eang o gorsdiroedd a chreigiau.