Welsh Pit Ponies Centre

Pontypridd, United Kingdom

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Telephone:
+44 1443 480327
Website:
www.visitpitponies.co.uk
Address:
Maendy Road Penycoedcae, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 1PS
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.8 miPontypridd
1 miTreforest
1 miOtley Arms
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Today

Today 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Pontypridd) 01:51 Sunday, 25 May 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturday –
Sunday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Description

Specialties

The last few Welsh Pit Ponies are retired here together with many other needy Horses & Ponies.

History

Established in 1988.

A small Hill Farm now a sanctuary for old pit ponies and other needy Horses & Ponies.

Meet the Business Owner

Roy P.

Business Owner

We are a small Charity who help all the needy Horses & Ponies we can with our meagre resources. Visitors can park for free meet their guide and be walked around the high pastures to meet the Ponies including the last few real live Pit Ponies who found retirement here after their lives toiling in small private mines in Wales. Sponsors can meet their pony chosen from those available on www​.spon​so​rapony​.co​.uk

We have no electronic wizardry or scary rides here. Just life at a slow pace on this traditional Welsh Hill Farm overlooking the Taff valley. Visitors can enjoy panoramic views and peer down at the rat race going on below on the Valley floor. Quiet or lucky visitors may see some of the wildlife that shares the Farm with us like the wild raptors that soar in the thermals high above watching for the rabbits etc.

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1 review of Welsh Pit Ponies Centre

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Bristol, United Kingdom
This registered charity is based at the Fforest Uchaf Horse and Pony Rehabilitation Centre on the mountainside above Treforest, very near the University of Glamorgan campus (separated from it by just a thin strip of woodlands).
The Centre is home to a whole array of ponies, many of them rescued from a life of neglect or mistreatment.
Visitors are taken on a guided walk through meadows with far-​reaching views over the Taff Valley — and on a clear day over to the Brecon Beacons. Along the way, you meet various ponies and hear their stories, and perhaps spot some of the other resident wildlife, and visit the ponds and woodland.
The centre also houses some of the last few surviving Welsh pit ponies, and provides information about their role in mining, and the relationship between the Rhondda valley and coal mining.
It’s only open fully over the summer (in 2010 it was open from 1 May until 30 September), but you can usually visit by appointment at other times of the year if you get in touch.