33-590: Ynysmaerdy is a village near Talbot Green and Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales. Even though there is no direct access to the village of Llanharan , due to older parish boundaries it falls under the community of Llanharan. It is home to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital . This Rhondda Cynon Taf location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Talbot Green Talbot Green ( Welsh : Tonysguboriau "lea of
66-651: A Starbucks coffee shop contained inside, and a Timpson shoe repair shop and a petrol station located outside, within the car park. It is unknown if any further developments will take place on the site as originally proposed. A4119 The A4119 links Tonypandy with Cardiff in South Wales . The A4119 starts outside the Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay and proceeds through Butetown , Grangetown , Riverside and Cathedral Road in Canton until meeting
99-507: A hill, which is known locally as "Stink Pot Hill" because of the sewerage works that are on the side of the road. In August 2022, construction started on here to upgrade the section between the Ynysmaerdy and Coedely roundabouts to the dual carriageway and is expected to be completed in August 2024. At the next roundabout the road splits, this is where a bypass separates from the original course of
132-602: A junction for the A4233 which links with Trebanog and Porth . The A4119 from here follows the floor of the Valley through woodland and past a small industrial estate with the Village of Williamstown . At this roundabout, the A4119 meets momentarily with its original course before continuing along the old Railway line. The route then bypasses the village of Penygraig and south of Tonypandy , where
165-418: A new Leekes store to replace the existing one on the same site. The scheme is expected to create up to 1,900 jobs in the area. The scheme as of March 2013 had been given the greenlight by the local council, however development won't begin until the planning consent for the supermarket and a petrol filling station is granted. In May 2014 the new Sainsbury's supermarket had been given the green light to anchor
198-874: A private Health facility which is located in Magden Park on the Ely Meadows alongside the A4119 Talbot Green to Ynysmeardy dual carriageway near the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. It also has the Avionics department of British Airways and is also the headquarters of the Welsh Blood Service. Talbot Green's most significant building is Lanelay Hall, until recently the headquarters of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service , who moved just over two miles away, to
231-421: A row of houses and a Golf Club, this is the only remaining section Ely Valley Road that is un-altered, still bearing the original road surface and signage, although it is now a Cul-de-sac . A department store called Homeworld opened in the 1980s prior to the construction of the new Dual Carriageway at Talbot Green until the store was closed in 1999 and demolished in 2000. This, alongside a Tesco Store, marked
264-464: A traffic lighting system. Another roundabout, was located at the base of Llantrisant, where the A473 originally ran. When the bypass was built, it cut off the original main road from Cowbridge via Pontyclun and therefore traffic is forced to use the new Bypass. The decision was made by Mid-Glamorgan County Council in the early 1990s to dual the section of A4119 between Ynysmaerdy and Mwyndy. This would be
297-580: A turn-off for the Llantrisant Industrial Park, which is home to the Royal Mint . Another smaller roundabout at the village of Ynysmaerdy, where the new Headquarters of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is located, marks the end of the Dual Carriageway, the road becomes a single carriageway again at this point. Past Ynysmaerdy the dual carriage way merged into a single lane to climb
330-501: Is progresses down a steep incline. There is a spur with Clydach Vale before the road, still following an old railway line, progresses down to the floor of the valley where the A4119 ends with a roundabout of the A4058. Originally the A4119 continued along Colliers Way and Llwynypia Road, where it again followed its original course, to a Terminus at Llwynypia Hospital with the A4058 , but following
363-599: The A48 road (Western Avenue) at Llandaff . From here it proceeds through Llandaff passing the former BBC Wales studios. After leaving Llandaff the road takes on a more rural setting with many bends crossing the M4 Motorway near Capel Llanitern. From here the road snakes past the settlement of Creigiau . The road enters the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf (formerly Mid-Glamorgan ) at Groes-faen . The road continues through
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#1732869608702396-456: The Royal Glamorgan Hospital , Avionics department of British Airways and the Headquarters of the Welsh Blood Service. On the south-bound carriageway is a long stretch of original road, although now a parking area where refreshment vans and sleepy truckers are a common sight, it provides access to some houses and a rural lane leading to Llantrisant. The Road then comes to a roundabout with
429-651: The A4119 linking the Rhondda Valleys to the M4 , through Tonyrefail and Talbot Green, brought development pressure to the area around Llantrisant. Extensive housing development has taken place recently in the towns along the A473, the main Pontypridd to Bridgend road—linking Llantwit Fardre to Llantrisant, Talbot Green, Llanharan and Pencoed —the road that runs parallel to the Afon Clun from Rhiwsaeson to Pontyclun. In June 2011, it
462-459: The A4119. The old road through the village of Coed-Ely is to the right. The bypass, completed in 1987, takes the route of the old Ely Valley Railway, and the former site of the Coed-Ely Colliery is on the left. From here the road is still single carriageway with numerous rest areas. The road continues on another bypass past Tonyrefail . Shortly after Tonyrefail the road once again forks, with
495-459: The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales would see Talbot Green merged with the neighbouring Llantrisant Town ward to become 'Llantrisant and Talbot Green'. The proposals would take effect from the 2022 council elections. Talbot Green is also a community ward for Llantrisant Community Council, electing three community councillors. Improvements to the road network, in particular
528-572: The Village until it comes to a T-Junction at The Castell Mynach Public House. To the left is a Spur of the A4119 that links to Junction 34 of the M4 Motorway . Off the roundabout at the Junction is the Renishaw Plant (formally owned by Bosch .) The road continues after the t-junction past Miskin and Mwyndy. The A4119 through Talbot Green was first built circa 1977 as a single carriageway passing to
561-457: The barns" ) is a town (and electoral ward ) just north of the M4 motorway , in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales in the United Kingdom . The town is part of Llantrisant Community Council. Talbot Green is located at the mouth of the short and mountainous Ely Valley, between Mynydd Garthmaelwg (Llantrisant forest) and Y Graig (Llantrisant). The River Ely runs through along
594-520: The endangered animals. A single track railway runs north from Pontyclun railway station (which is the towns nearest railway station), turning west at Talbot Green to run roughly parallel to the Afon Clun , alongside the north of the A473, and originally ran to the Cwm Coking Works at Tynant, Beddau . All the original railway infrastructure remains intact between Talbot Green and Pontyclun, including
627-577: The former Buy As You View head office at Forest View Business Park, Ynysmaerdy , Llantrisant, in February 2009. Talbot Green was an electoral ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council , bounded to the east by the A4119 road. It elected one county borough councillor. Between 1999 and 2017 representation was by Independent councillors but at the May 2017 election the seat was taken by Labour 's Stephen Powell. A 2018 review of electoral arrangements by
660-449: The last major road project undertaken by Mid-Glamorgan before its abolishment in 1996. The completed "Talbot Green to Ynysmaerdy Dual Carriageway" officially opened on 28 July 1995. The scheme replaced the old Roundabout near Llantrisant with a four way traffic-lit junction, and completely replaced the original Ely Valley Road at Talbot Green apart from the first portion: a t-junction from the centre Talbot Green's high street that leads to
693-472: The new town centre scheme with infrastructure works scheduled to begin in the autumn of 2014 and the development of the rest of the scheme will take place in due course. Work on the scheme officially began in February 2015 and was expected to be completed in the next 2 to 3 years. The work stalled for unknown reasons in 2016 but resumed in early 2023 with the new Sainsbury's expected to open later that year. The Sainsbury's store finally opened in February 2024 with
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#1732869608702726-526: The north to the South Wales Valleys. The Talbot Green by-pass opened in 1991 to relieve traffic in the town through disabling access to or from Pontyclun via Cowbridge Road, and provided a shorter route for the A473 Bridgend to Pontypridd Road. In September 2010, a £90m by-pass linking Talbot Green to Pontypridd was opened. The by-pass is notable for its three dormouse bridges, built to protect
759-586: The original lane that the road used, signposted "Arthur Llewelyn Jenkins", the lane is accessible to the furniture store and as far as Cefn-y-Parc cemetery but is blocked at the bypass. There is a roundabout with the Talbot Green Bypass after passing Mwyndy Cross and the original roads – the A473 Pontypridd to Bridgend Road. This roundabout was added when the bypass was built in 1991 and was improved during mid 2016 to mid 2017 to add extra dedicated lanes and
792-487: The other units are located on the former Tesco site and Newpark shopping precinct (which had independently run businesses that have subsequently moved elsewhere in the area or closed completely) after the former relocated in 2003 to the former site of the Homeworld Department store, which closed in 1999 and was demolished the following year and left derelict for several years. There is also a Tesco Extra store, that
825-474: The rush of new developments in the area, the original Tesco store which opened in the 1980s was closed and demolished in 2003, after it relocated to larger premises on the former Homeworld site. Talbot Green Shopping Park was built on the former Tesco site and opened in 2004. At the next roundabout the road takes the shape of a bow passed the Ely Meadows which is now the site of Magden Park, a development of Offices, Hotel, Pub and private Health facility. Bypassing
858-477: The shopping units back down to 14 and the food and drink outlets and concessions up to 7 now known collectively as 'Taste @ TG'. In early 2015, another retail unit was divided into 2 thus raising a total of shopping units back up to 15. Some units are located alongside the A4119 Talbot Green to Ynysmaerdy Dual Carriageway which are the older units (one of which has been converted to a food and drink outlet) and
891-478: The side of the village straight on to Ely Valley Road, easing pressure off the original small lanes that lead from Talbot Green to the area known as Mwyndy, south of the village. The road here was built at the same time as an extension of the original Talbot – Cardiff road, leading to Junction 34 of the M4 Motorway , and creating better access to the lanes leading to the Vale of Glamorgan . At Mwyndy Cross, you can still see
924-521: The store concessions in 2004/05 and expanded further again after one unit was divided into two in 2012 thus having a total of 15 shopping units. It expanded once again due to a conversion of a former Comet unit into a food quarter containing 3 restaurants and a coffee shop. The conversion started in May 2014 and was completed in late November with the restaurants and coffee shop opening in December 2014, thus dropping
957-668: The town boundary before continuing to Pontyclun, running alongside the Warehouses of A F Blakemore & Son ltd, who run a portion of the SPAR UK retail chain. The town is bordered by the hill town of Llantrisant to the east, the Village of Pontyclun to the South and Llanharan a few miles to the West. The area has links to the rest of Wales with the A4119 linking it in the south to the M4 Motorway , and to
990-722: The track, signals and bridges. The track is still embedded in the road where it crosses the A473, the warning lights remain at the roadside and the roadsigns warn drivers to stop if they see warning lights flash at the level crossing . A recent consultative study (Sewta Rail Strategy Study—January 2006) has considered the possibility of reopening the Pontyclun to Beddau branch line, as a passenger line rather than just for freight. This would require new stations at Talbot Green, Llantrisant , Gwaun Meisgyn and Beddau (Tynant). Talbot Green has two large retail parks, Glamorgan Vale retail park and Talbot Green shopping park. Glamorgan Vale retail park
1023-428: Was announced there are proposals to make Talbot Green a "new town centre" by building a new supermarket, 40 shops, a multi screen cinema, cafes, restaurants, bars and a hotel. There will also be offices for local businesses, a range of civic and community facilities, apartments and houses. They are to be located on the former sites of Staedtler and Purolite and the surrounding brownfield land . The new scheme will include
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1056-575: Was once the largest in Wales, after the store was expanded in 2005, but overtaken by the store in Culverhouse Cross , and later Fforestfach . The town also has a golf club, and industrial estates including Coedcae Lane and Lanelay Industrial Estate. The Department Store Leekes is also situated in Talbot Green at Cowbridge Road, near Pontyclun. The town also has a development of Offices, Hotel, Pub and
1089-469: Was opened circa 1996 and an extra unit was built in 2004 around the same time as the expansion of Talbot Green shopping park. It is located on the A473 Talbot Green bypass. It has the total of 11 shopping units and 1 fast food/drive thru restaurant. Talbot Green shopping park was opened circa 1996 initially with 3 units, then later to 14 shopping units and 1 fast food restaurant and 2 coffee shop within
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