Trowbridge is a district,
community and coterminous
electoral ward
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on the eastern edge of the
city
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of
Cardiff, capital of
Wales.
The community and electoral ward includes some or all of the areas of the
St Mellons
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estate and Trowbridge, as well as part of the Wentlooge Levels between the mainline railway and the coast. It is bounded by the village of
Old St Mellons to the north;
Marshfield (in
Newport
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principal area) to the east; and
Splott and
Rumney to the west.
History
Trowbridge largely dates from the second half of the 20th century, when housing spread east from
Rumney onto the farmland of the area.
Until 1938, the area was part of the
civil parish of Rumney, in the historic county of
Monmouthshire
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.
Governance
Trowbridge is both an
electoral ward
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, and a
community of the
City of Cardiff. There is no
community council for the area. Trowbridge is in the
parliamentary constituency of
Cardiff South & Penarth and the
Senedd Cymru constituency of the same name.
The Trowbridge electoral ward is represented by four councillors on
Cardiff Council. At the
Cardiff Council election on 4 May 2017 the ward elected three
Labour Party councillors and one
Liberal Democrat. Prior to this Trowbridge elected Labour councillors, with the exception of 2004 when a Liberal Democrat won a seat.
Schools
Trowbridge Primary School.
St John Lloyd primary school.
Places of interest
*
Caldicot and Wentloog Levels
*Hendre Lake Park
*Crosbie's Pond
Waste incinerator proposal
In 2019, plans for a new £150m
waste incinerator
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plant was proposed by Mor Hafren Bio Power, off Newlands Road in Wentloog, Trowbridge. The facility would burn up to 200,000 tonnes of waste each year, while also generating 15 Megawatts of electricity. It would be only 3 miles from the Viridor plant in
Splott. A campaign group was set up by Trowbridge residents and anti-incinerator campaigners.
A final decision on whether the Mor Hafren facility can proceed was expected in 2020.
References
Communities in Cardiff
Cardiff electoral wards
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