Battle of Llwchwr
The Battle of Llwchwr (or Battle of Gower) was a battle fought between Welsh and Norman forces between Loughor and Swansea on New Year's Day 1136.
Beddau (English: Graves Welsh: Y Beddau) is a large former mining village around 1.5 miles from Llantrisant and 4 miles from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The South of the village is known as Tynant (English: House in the brook Welsh: Tyn-y-Nant & near the former Cwm Colliery & coking works now derelict and is the area where the colliery workers largely lived. It is the more traditional part of the village and has large former council housing estates. The Northern section of the village has more private housing estates and a smaller amount of former council housing. The County Borough Councillor for the Tyn-y-Nant ward is Labour Councillor Clayton Willis & for Beddau County Borough Councillor Richard Yeo also Labour both were elected in 2012.
Population: 8,134
Latitude: 51° 33' 14.33" N
Longitude: -3° 21' 29.30" W
The Battle of Llwchwr (or Battle of Gower) was a battle fought between Welsh and Norman forces between Loughor and Swansea on New Year's Day 1136.
Barry Pier railway station was a railway station in Barry Island, in Wales. It was the terminus of the Barry Island branch line, was authorised in 1896 and opened on 27 June 1899 when the line was extended from Barry Island railway station.
Barry College was a Further Education college in Barry, Wales which merged with Coleg Glan Hafren in September 2011 to form the new Cardiff and Vale College. The college admits approximately 10000 students per year. It is partnered with the Universi…
Albion Colliery was a coal mine in South Wales Valleys, located in the village of Cilfynydd, one mile north of Pontypridd.
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Aberthaw Cement Works are cement works in the Vale of Glamorgan near the village of Aberthaw in Wales.
Abersychan and Talywain railway station served the west of Abersychan village in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.
Aberbeeg railway station served the village of Aberbeeg in Monmouthshire, Wales.
The A474 is a suburban main route in south Wales.
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The al-Manar Centre (sometimes referred to as 2 Glynrhondda Street) is a mosque in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 1992, it describes itself as being "one of [the] Ahlus-Sunnah organisations". A widely circulated claim holds that …
Bridge FM is the local commercial radio station broadcasting in south Wales' Bridgend County Borough and the surrounding areas on a frequency of 106.3 MHz.
Nation Hits (formerly Nation 80s) is an Independent Local Radio station based in Neath, broadcasting to mid and west South Wales.
Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr is a Welsh language medium secondary school in Gowerton, Swansea, Wales, with approximately 800 pupils as of 2006. It was established in 1984. Notable past students include footballer John Hartson and soprano Elin Manahan Thomas