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Fernhill, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Fernhill is a village near Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is served by Fernhill railway station on the Merthyr Line - Aberdare branch. External linksFernhill residents Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf {{Rhondda-Cynon-Taff-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynon Valley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cynon Valley ( cy, Cwm Cynon) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Beth Winter of the Labour Party. The Cynon Valley Senedd constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999 (as an Assembly constituency). Boundaries 1983–2010: The Borough of Cynon Valley. 2010–present: The Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough electoral divisions of Aberaman North, Aberaman South, Abercynon, Aberdare East, Aberdare West/Llwydcoed, Cilfynydd, Cwmbach, Glyncoch, Hirwaun, Mountain Ash East, Mountain Ash West, Penrhiwceiber, Pen-y-waun, Rhigos, and Ynysybwl. The constituency encompasses the towns of Aberdare, Mountain Ash, Cilfynydd, Abercynon and Hirwaun. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1980s * Death of Ioan Evans 10 February 1984 Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 2010s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and villages away from the valleys. Results from the 2011 census showed 19.1% of its 234,410 residents self-identified as having some ability in the use of the Welsh language. The county borough borders Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and Caerphilly County Borough to the east, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south, Bridgend County Borough and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north. Its principal towns are - Aberdare, Llantrisant with Talbot Green and Pontypridd, with other key settlements/towns being - Maerdy, Ferndale, Hirwaun, Llanharan, Mountain Ash, Porth, Tonypandy, Tonyrefail and Treorchy. The most populous individual town in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Aberdare ( cy, Aberdâr) with a population of 39,550 (2011), followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Glamorgan
, Government= Mid Glamorgan County Council , Status= Non-metropolitan county (1974–1996) Preserved county (1996–) , Start= 1974 , End= 1996 , Arms= ''Coat of arms of Mid Glamorgan County Council'' , Replace= Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil Rhondda Cynon Taff Caerphilly Preserved county of Mid Glamorgan , Map= ''Mid Glamorgan shown within Wales as a preserved county'' , PopulationLast= 423,200 (est; 2003 borders) Ranked 4th , PopulationLastYear= 2007 , AreaFirst= Ranked 7th , AreaFirstYear= 2003 , AreaLast= , AreaLastYear= , Divisions= Non-metropolitan districts , DivisionsNames= 1. Cynon Valley 2. Ogwr 3. Merthyr Tydfil 4. Rhondda 5. Rhymney Valley 6. Taff-Ely , HQ = County Hall, Cathays Park, Cardiff (extraterritorial) Mid Glamorgan ( cy, Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynon Valley (Senedd Constituency)
, constituency_type = Senedd county constituency , parl_name=Senedd, image = , image2 = , caption2 = Cynon Valley shown within the South Wales Central electoral region and the region shown within Wales , year = 1999 , member_label = MS , member = Vikki Howells , party_label = Party , party = Welsh Labour , parts_label = Preserved county , parts = Mid Glamorgan Cynon Valley ( cy, Cwm Cynon) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Boundaries The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Mountain Ash ( cy, Aberpennar) is a town and former community in the Cynon Valley, within the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, with a population of 11,230 at the 2011 Census, estimated in 2019 at 11,339. It includes the districts and villages of Cefnpennar, Cwmpennar, Caegarw, Darranlas, Fernhill, Glenboi and Newtown, all within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Aberdare lies about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north-west, Cardiff 19 miles (31 km) south-east, and Penrhiwceiber a mile to the south-east. It divides into two communities (civil parishes): West covers the town centre and the districts of Miskin, Darranlas, Fernhill and Glenboi, and East the districts of Cefnpennar, Cwmpennar, Caegarw and Newtown. Etymology Before the establishment of a village in the early 19th century the landscape was identified by a variety of Welsh toponyms. The name Aberpennar ("Mouth of the river Pennar") is recorded as early as 1570 as ''Aber Pennarthe'', in 1600 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernhill Railway Station
Fernhill railway station is a railway station serving the village of Fernhill in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consi .... Services There is a half-hourly service in each direction on Mondays to Saturdays, northbound to and southbound to and . This drops to hourly in the evenings. On Sundays there is a general 2-hourly service to Barry Island with an hourly service in the morning and in the late afternoon. This is due to a campaign by the local Assembly Member and a successful trial in December 2017. The extra services began in April 2018. References External links Railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf DfT Categor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Rhondda Cynon Taf
A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a Church (building), church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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