Welsh Pit Ponies Centre

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.