Museum · Porth · Mid Glamorgan

Rhondda Heritage Park

Rhondda Heritage Park is a tourist attraction and museum. The built-up area of Porth includes it. It comes under Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

Photo: Rhondda Heritage Park, Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Porth

inside the built-up area

Run by

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

the operator on record

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Porth

Inside Porth

Rhondda Heritage Park is inside Porth’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

June to September are the warmest in Porth, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°235 mm

Feb7° / 1°189 mm

Mar9° / 2°157 mm

Apr12° / 4°122 mm

May16° / 6°120 mm

Jun18° / 9°129 mm

Jul20° / 11°130 mm

Aug20° / 11°160 mm

Sep17° / 9°157 mm

Oct13° / 6°239 mm

Nov10° / 4°236 mm

Dec7° / 2°279 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Porth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Porth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Porth’s full climate →

About

Rhondda Heritage Park

Articles on it exist in 3 languages. 15 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Caerphilly Castle (12 km).

Type: Museum
Run by: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Porth
Official site: tourism.rctcbc.gov.uk/en/attractions/rhondda-herita

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Rhondda Heritage Park

Rhondda Heritage Park sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Pontypridd, with 31,895 people, is the largest of the 8. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Porth

13,352 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 1.7 km east of it

Pontypridd

31,895 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km west of it

Tonypandy

17,209 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km northeast of it

Ynysybwl

4,580 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Rhondda Heritage Park is	People	Places to visit
Porth	It’s in town	13,352	5
Pontypridd	1.7 km east of it	31,895	12
Tonypandy	2.7 km west of it	17,209	2
Ynysybwl	2.9 km northeast of it	4,580	7
Wattstown	3 km northwest of it	1,105	2
Tonyrefail	3.1 km southwest of it	11,443	4
Tylorstown and Pontygwaith	3.6 km northwest of it	3,551	2
Abercynon	4.7 km northeast of it	6,376	5

Make a day of it

Places to add to Rhondda Heritage Park

Our list has 15 more within 15 km, among them 6 castles and 2 museums.

1CastleCastle · CadwCaerphilly Castle12 km away 2

Castle · CadwCastell Coch12 km away 3

CastleLlantrisant Castle7.7 km away 4

CastleMorgraig Castle14 km away 5

CastleLlancaiach-fawr9.2 km away 6MuseumMuseumThe Royal Mint Experience6.3 km away 7

CastleHensol Castle12 km away 8

Museumnantgarw China Works Museum9.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Rhondda Heritage Park

Where is Rhondda Heritage Park?

Rhondda Heritage Park is in Porth, Mid Glamorgan, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Rhondda Heritage Park?

Tourist attraction and museum in Trehafod, Rhondda, Wales, United Kingdom.

Who runs Rhondda Heritage Park?

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

When is the best time to visit Rhondda Heritage Park?

June to September are the warmest months in Porth, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Rhondda Heritage Park?

Within 15 km: Caerphilly Castle (12 km), Castell Coch (12 km), Llantrisant Castle (7.7 km) and Morgraig Castle (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Rhondda Heritage Park: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castell Coch: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llantrisant Castle: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Morgraig Castle: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Llancaiach-fawr: Rose Cottage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Hensol Castle: TedColes at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
nantgarw China Works Museum: J74656, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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