Talywain () is situated in Garndiffaith,

Abersychan Abersychan is a town and community (Wales), community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county of Monmouthshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county o ...

and Pentwyn in

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in south east

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, within the historic boundaries of

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Old mining area

It is a semi rural area that has a long heritage in

coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

. The old British

Coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

(the NCB or British Coal) site was a source of income and work for many of the local settlers and attracted people from far and wide with the chance of a stable job and living.

Education

Abersychan Comprehensive School Abersychan School is a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Pontypool suburb of Abersychan, Wales. Admissions Abersychan School has 920 pupils on roll. It serves the north of Torfaen including the communities of Blaenavon ...

(Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Abersychan) is a state-funded and non-selective

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...

. It is built on the site of Abersychan Grammar School, and incorporates some of the old school buildings. The former British School was demolished in the 1990s and a housing association development was built on the site.

Valleys community

Talywain has hilltop views with beautiful surrounding scenery. Historically home to heavy industry the village had a network of railway lines that served the local coal mines and ironworks. The area has been in decline over the decades and is considered a dormitory suburb with very few amenities locally.

Sporting traditions

Talywain also has its own

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and

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clubs along with a soon to be 18 hole

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and golf driving range. Talywain's own football club and team is Fairfield F.C, The team has been running for well over 30 years. Talywain Rugby Club are the local

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

club and has seen some of their players going on to play for

Pontypool RFC Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool, which plays in the WRU Championship (known as the SWALEC Championship for sponsorship purposes). Due to the regionalisation of Welsh rugby in 2003, Pontypo ...

People

Mother Shepherd was born here in 1836.

References

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