Ferndale
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  Ferndale Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf | |
| Population | 4,178 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST000964 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ferndale |
| Postcode district | CF43 |
| Dialling code | 01443 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Ferndale (Welsh: Glynrhedynog) is a town and community located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Neighbouring villages are Blaenllechau, Maerdy and Tylorstown. Ferndale was industrialised in the mid-19th century. The first coal mine shaft was sunk in 1857 and Ferndale was the first community to be intensively industrialised in the Rhondda Valley.[2]
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna; Lynch, Peredur (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. p. 749. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.