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The main centre for RAFT events is the town of Treorchy, where the festival was founded in 2018. The name of Treorchy is indelibly linked the world over with the famous Treorchy Male Voice Choir, and indeed Treorchy can truly claim to being the cultural capital of the Rhondda, with the world famous choir, award-winning Cory and Parc & Dare brass bands, a choral society and the iconic Park and Dare Theatre, all based in and around the town. Treorchy is also the only town in Rhondda, to date, to host the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
The broad Treorchy high street stretches for nearly a mile along the valley floor and is filled with small shops selling every conceivable product. There are craft shops and carpet shops, upholsterers and butchers, bakers and boutiques, all vying for space with banks and building societies, solicitors and cafés. Treorchy High Street is awash with colour, charisma and charm.
Around Treorchy, the mountain ridges rise above 1500 feet, and there are spectacular vistas and drives across the Bwlch mountain to Bridgend and Port Talbot, and across the Rhigos to Hirwaun and the Cynon valley, which offer spectacular views to the Bristol Channel and Exmoor, and upwards through the Brecon Beacons.
In addition to events taking place in Treorchy itself, RAFT expanded in 2019 to also promote events in neighbouring Pentre, Penrhys, Tonypandy & Ynyshir, plus further south in Tonyrefail, and across the Bwlch into the sister portal of the infamous "Rhondda Tunnel", and the village of Blaengwynfi.
Full details of all events that took place as part of RAFT 2019 are detailed in our handy At A Glance guide here
Detailed information on our 2020 events with be revealed soon...
For further information on Treorchy and all it has to offer, check out the Visit Treorchy website at www.visittreorchy.co.uk
The broad Treorchy high street stretches for nearly a mile along the valley floor and is filled with small shops selling every conceivable product. There are craft shops and carpet shops, upholsterers and butchers, bakers and boutiques, all vying for space with banks and building societies, solicitors and cafés. Treorchy High Street is awash with colour, charisma and charm.
Around Treorchy, the mountain ridges rise above 1500 feet, and there are spectacular vistas and drives across the Bwlch mountain to Bridgend and Port Talbot, and across the Rhigos to Hirwaun and the Cynon valley, which offer spectacular views to the Bristol Channel and Exmoor, and upwards through the Brecon Beacons.
In addition to events taking place in Treorchy itself, RAFT expanded in 2019 to also promote events in neighbouring Pentre, Penrhys, Tonypandy & Ynyshir, plus further south in Tonyrefail, and across the Bwlch into the sister portal of the infamous "Rhondda Tunnel", and the village of Blaengwynfi.
Full details of all events that took place as part of RAFT 2019 are detailed in our handy At A Glance guide here
Detailed information on our 2020 events with be revealed soon...
For further information on Treorchy and all it has to offer, check out the Visit Treorchy website at www.visittreorchy.co.uk
