- 33 Ystrad Rd, Pentre CF41 7PH
- 213 Gelli Rd, Gelli, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7AS
- 70 William St, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7QY
- 168 Gelli Rd, Gelli, Pentre CF41 7NA
- 25 Church Rd, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7EB
- 20 Church Rd, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7ED
- 86 William St, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7QY
- 66 Gelligaled Rd, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7RQ
- 28 William St, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7QR
- 50 Carne St, Pentre CF41 7LD
- 114 William St, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7QS
- 23 Llewellyn St, Pentre CF41 7BX
- 23 Llewellyn St, Pentre CF41 7BX
- 114 William St, Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7QS
- 32 Church Rd, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7EB
- 164 Gelli Rd, Gelli, Pentre CF41 7ND
- 31 Church Rd, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7EB
- 10 Church Rd, Ton Pentre, Pentre CF41 7ED
- 95 Llewellyn St, Pentre CF41 7BU
About Pentre
Located in the Rhondda valley, not far from Treorchy, lies the small community and electoral ward of Pentre. This area is part of the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough in Wales. Pentre is named for a huge farm that was prominent in the area prior to industrialization, although the name comes from the Welsh word Pentref, which means homestead. Ton Pentre, its neighbor, is also considered part of the community.
Until 1850, what is now Pentre was a collection of scattered farms owned by absentee landowners and farmed by tenant farmers. In the early 19th century, when coal seams were found to be economically feasible in Dinas Rhondda, expeditions quickly spread to the mid valleys. With the mineral rights to Tyr-y-Pentre leased from Griffith Llewellyn of Baglan in 1857, Edward Curteis of Llandaff quickly had both the Pentre and Church levels opened. The Pentre Coal Company began boring deeper mines in the early 1864. Many of the Pentre mines were among the most lucrative in the Rhondda.
With the construction of the local council buildings on Llewellyn Street in 1882, Pentre became the hub of local government and a bustling commercial center for the upper Rhondda by the turn of the 20th century. St. Peter’s Church (1890), known as the “Cathedral of the Rhondda,” is located in Pentre and is the greatest religious structure in both valleys.
The Pentre Brewery and the Rhondda Engine Works, two of the Rhondda’s most illustrious industries, both got their starts in Pentre.
The community of Ton Pentre, with which the town shares a border, is home to Ton Pentre Football Club, who compete in the Welsh Football League First Division (the second tier) at the present and were previously members of the League of Wales (1993–1996). Since then, they have won six First Division titles in the Welsh Football League, but they have been unable to return to the League of Wales due to financial troubles and inadequate facilities at Ynys Park.
Hotels in Pentre
- Abereithrin Cottage
Address: Abereithrin, Pentrebach, Sennybridge, Pentre-bâch, LD3 8UB, United Kingdom
- Holiday Home Eithrin Fach
Address: Pentre-bâch, LD3 8UB, United Kingdom