Gilfach Goch | |
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Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf | |
Population | 3,337 (2021)[1] |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Porth |
Postcode district | CF39 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Gilfach Goch is a community, electoral ward and small former coal mining village mostly in the Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail. Some areas in the North Western part of the village lie within Bridgend County Borough. It is situated in the Cwm Ogwr Fach (Small Ogmore Valley) between the Cwm Ogwr Fawr (Large Ogmore Valley) to the west and the Cwm Rhondda (Rhondda Valley) to the east.