Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina (Welsh: Rhiwbeina) is a suburb and community in the north of
Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Formerly a small hamlet within the
parish of Whitchurch,
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina was developed throughout the twentieth
century, and is now a separate ward. It retains aspects of its former
character, however, and is given a Welsh village appearance by Beulah
United Reformed Church (originally Capel Beulah) at the village
crossroads.
Modern Rhiwbina, which includes the Garden Village, Wenallt Hill,
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Hill, Rhydwaedlyd and the
Llanishen

Llanishen Fach and Pantmawr
developments, is bordered by the suburbs of Whitchurch (Yr Eglwys
Newydd) to the west,
Llanishen

Llanishen to the east, and Birchgrove (Llwynbedw)
to the south. To the north is the border with Caerphilly. The area is
served by
Rhiwbina railway station

Rhiwbina railway station on the Coryton Line.
Contents
1 History
2 Amenities
3 The Welsh language
4 Governance
5 Transport
6 Sport and leisure
7 Notable people
8 References
9 External links
History[edit]
Near the summit of the Wenallt, to the north of Rhiwbina, are the
remains of an oval encampment probably dating from the Iron Age, the
earliest evidence of settlement in the area.[1] At the base of the
hill is a Norman motte called the Twmpath.[2]
The last native Welsh Prince of
Morgannwg

Morgannwg (Glamorgan), Iestyn ap
Gwrgant, may have been killed in a battle north of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina towards
the end of the 11th century, near the present-day Butchers Arms public
house.[3] The stream nearby is still called Rhyd Waedlyd, which means
'Bloody Ford'. Rhydwaedlyd was the title given to housing developments
to Rhiwbina's east in the latter half of the 20th century. This area
has since come to be considered part of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina itself and the name
'Rhydwaedlyd' has fallen out of use entirely.
Garden village housing
Until the 20th century the area remained rural, with few houses. The
railway station opened in 1911, and the following year development
began of a new garden suburb, based on a masterplan by Sir Raymond
Unwin, one of the leading architects of the Garden city movement. The
first 34 houses were built in 1913 and more were built from 1919 to
1923, occupying an area between Pen-y-dre and Lon Isa which became
known as
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Garden Village. It was designated as a Conservation
Area in 1976.[4]
A focal point in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina in the early twentieth century was the
"
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Tea Gardens". Owned by the Smart family, it later became
"
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Motor Garages" in response to the rise of the motor car and
subsequently the area's first video rental outlet in the early
1980s.[citation needed] The business was closed on the retirement of
Cliff Smart in 1989 and the site is now occupied by the development of
Clos Yr Ardd. This translates as Garden Close, in memory of the Tea
Gardens, but there is little greenery left.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina village centre is small compared to nearby Whitchurch and
Birchgrove, but has in recent years undergone a revival, and is now a
popular shopping destination for gifts and art.
Amenities[edit]
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Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Library
There are three schools within the ward – Rhiwbeina Primary School,
Llanishen

Llanishen Fach Primary School and Greenhill School.
Llanishen

Llanishen Fach is
the only school in
Cardiff

Cardiff which sends its Year 6 pupils to two main
secondary schools, Whitchurch High, and
Llanishen

Llanishen High. Rhiwbina
currently has no Welsh-medium school. As a result, some local children
travel to the nearby Ysgol y Wern and Ysgol Melin Griffith to receive
their education.
Beulah United Reformed Church,
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina village
The area has a large number of churches and chapels including All
Saints (Church in Wales), Beulah (URC), Bethesda (Independent),
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina
Baptist

Baptist Church, Bethany (Baptist), Bethel (Methodist) and The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
To the north of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is a parade of shops on Heol
Llanishen

Llanishen Fach,
built in the 1960s to serve an extensive area of new housing. Also to
the north of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina village is the Deri Stores, a family run shop on
the corner of Wenallt Road and
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Hill which used to be a post
office, and before that a cafe. Another parade of shops was built
further north at Pantmawr, but has since been demolished and replaced
by houses.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina has been the home of many noted Welsh artists including the
authors Jack Jones and Kate Roberts, musician Howard Jones, dramatist
Tom Richards and the actress Rachel Thomas, who worked together.
Since 1997 the 'Deri' community quarterly newsletter has been
published by the
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Civic Society.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina also has a quarterly
magazine launched on 15 November 2007, called
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Living. A
similar publication, "Wenallt", was published between 1972 and 1980
but failed due to a lack of local advertising. A hyperlocal news and
information website
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Info has operated since 2013.
The Welsh language[edit]
The number of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina residents over the age of three who speak Welsh
increased slightly from 1,409 (12.8%) in the
2001 UK Census

2001 UK Census to 1,433
(12.9%) in the 2011 UK Census.[5]
Beulah United Reformed Church was originally a Welsh-speaking
congregationalist chapel, but the services turned to English in
1898.[6] Bethel Methodist Church continues to hold Welsh-language
services.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina has been the home of many notable figures in Welsh-language
culture, including W. J. Gruffydd, R. T. Jenkins,
Iorwerth Peate and
Kate Roberts.[citation needed]
Governance[edit]
Main article:
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina (electoral ward)
The electoral ward of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina falls within the parliamentary
constituency of
Cardiff

Cardiff North. It is bounded by the wards of Lisvane
and
Llanishen

Llanishen to the east; Heath to the southeast; and Whitchurch
&
Tongwynlais

Tongwynlais to the west.
Cardiff

Cardiff Council: The ward returns three councillors to Cardiff
Council.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is represented by Jayne Cowan (Conservative), Adrian
Robson (Conservative) and Oliver Owen (Conservative).
Welsh Assembly: Part of the
Cardiff

Cardiff North constituency within the
Welsh Assembly, it is represented by
Julie Morgan
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Julie Morgan AM (Welsh Labour).
Westminster: Part of the
Cardiff

Cardiff North constituency within the
Parliament, it is represented by
Anna McMorrin

Anna McMorrin MP Welsh Labour, who
has held the seat since 2017, taking it from the former Welsh
Conservative Party MP Craig Williams.
Transport[edit]
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina railway station
There are three railway stations located within Rhiwbina. The
principal station is
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina railway station, located behind the
library in the heart of the village. The other two stations are
Birchgrove railway station, located in the east of the ward, and
Whitchurch railway station,
Cardiff

Cardiff in the west. These two stations
were built (as their names suggest) to service other adjacent areas,
but the expansion of
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina and its clear demarcation from
Whitchurch has meant that all three stations are now located within
the boundaries of the ward. All of the stations are on the Cardiff
Central to Coryton Line, and were built by the
Cardiff

Cardiff Railway
Company. Presently, services continue through west
Cardiff

Cardiff via the
City Line to Radyr.
Cardiff

Cardiff Bus services 21 (Central Station -
Gabalfa

Gabalfa - Birchgrove -
Whitchurch - Coryton - Rhiwbina) and 23 (Central Station -
Gabalfa

Gabalfa -
Birchgrove -
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina - Coryton - Whitchurch) frequently run through
the area.
Crossgates Coaches

Crossgates Coaches also ran service 22 (Heath Hospital –
Rhiwbina) but this route ceased running in 2013.
Heol-y-Deri is the main road leading through the district.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is
situated between the A470 (
Cardiff

Cardiff City Centre to M4 J32) and A469
(
Cardiff

Cardiff city centre to Caerphilly).
Sport and leisure[edit]
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Recreational Club forms the centre of activities within the
community, and is home to both male and female Bowls teams, a Chess
Club, Tennis and Squash Clubs and the Highfields Amateur Radio Club.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina RFC, the local rugby union club operates sides from Under 7
to Under 16, plus a youth and three senior teams. The First XV was
promoted to Division 4 East after an unbeaten League run in Season
2006/07. The club operates from the
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Recreational Club.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Squash Club has men's teams playing in the Premier, South
Wales

Wales and South
Glamorgan

Glamorgan Leagues. The club also has a Junior and
Ladies section.
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Squash Club were the 2011 South
Wales

Wales Premier
League Champions.
Notable people[edit]
Andrew Davies, (born 1936), author and screenwriter, was born in
Rhiwbina.[7]
Gerald Davies, (born 1945), Welsh rugby player in the 1970s, lived in
Wenallt Road, Rhiwbina.
Andy Fairweather Low, (born 1948), pop musician, lived in Beulah Road,
Rhiwbina.[8]
Howard Jones, (born 1955), pop musician, lived in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina until the
age of 13.[9]
Jack Jones, (1884–1970), novelist, lived in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina in the
1920s.[10]
Rhodri Morgan, (1939-2017), politician, lived in the
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Garden
Village.
Evan Roberts, (1878–1951), minister, lived on Beulah Road many years
after the 1904–1905 Revival.
Kate Roberts, (1891–1985), novelist, lived in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina for several
years until 1931.[11]
Keith Rowlands, (born 1936), rugby player for
Wales

Wales and the British
and Irish Lions, lived in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina in retirement and was president of
Rhiwbina RFC

Rhiwbina RFC and in 2004, he became Welsh Rugby Union President.
Stan Stennett, (1925–2013), entertainer, lived in Rhiwbina.[12]
Sam Warburton, (born 1988), captain of the
Wales

Wales and British and Irish
Lions rugby union teams. He has lived most of his life in
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina and
still resides there to this day.
Alan Wilkins, (born 1953), cricketer and sports commentator, was born
and grew up in Rhiwbina.[13]
References[edit]
^ "Wenallt". coflein. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ "
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Twmpath". railwaybridge.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November
2011.
^ "Rhyd Waedlyd". coflein. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
^ "
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Garden Village".
Cardiff

Cardiff City Council. Retrieved 14
November 2011.
^ 'Welsh Language Commissioner: 2011 Census results by Community
Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Beulah United Reformed Church History; retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Andrew Davies". BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "Andy Fairweather Low". walesonline. Retrieved 12 November
2011.
^ "Howard Jones". famouswelsh.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ "Jack Jones". writersplaques.org. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "Kate Roberts". myglyw.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "Stan Stennett". welshicons.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November
2011.
^ "Why I love Rhiwbina" by Alan Wilkins, Living Magazines Cardiff,
2010. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhiwbina.
www.railwaybridge.co.uk/twmpath : The
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Twmpath
www.rhiwbina.info :
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina Info hyperlocal site
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