Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town of approximately 11,500 people in south-east Wales, within the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation (which as a whole has a population of 140,200), though it is not a Ward of Newport City Council. Risca has a railway station, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years.
Population: 20,443
Latitude: 51° 36' 28.76" N
Longitude: -3° 06' 2.92" W
Rookwood Hospital is a rehabilitation hospital situated in Llandaff, in the city of Cardiff in South Wales. It is the site of one of only twelve spinal rehab units in whole of United Kingdom. It is also a regional neuro-rehabilitation hospital as we…
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton is a Latin Rite Roman Catholic diocese centred on the Cathedral Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Clifton, England.
Rogerstone railway station (Welsh: Tŷ-du) is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in the community of Rogerstone in Newport, south Wales. The station is situated ½ mile north of the original station on the site of former rail sidings. The station is…
Riverside (Welsh: Glan yr Afon) is an inner-city area of Cardiff, Wales, next to the River Taff. Riverside is also the name of the electoral ward, which can be split into two parts; Riverside and sub-locality Pontcanna. These two areas have some dif…
The River Monnow (Welsh: Afon Mynwy) flows through south-west Herefordshire, England and eastern Monmouthshire, Wales.
The River Afan (generally anglicized as Avon, and sometimes historically as Avan) is a river in southwest Wales whose river valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The Afan Valley encompasses the upper reaches of the river. The va…
Radyr Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Radur) is a coeducational comprehensive school and Sixth Form college located in Radyr, a suburb of Cardiff, Wales, that opened in 1972. It the current roll is around 1,400 students from ages 11–18, wit…
RAF Llandow is a former Royal Air Force station situated near the village of Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, 15 miles west of Cardiff.
Queens Arcade (Welsh: Arcêd y Frenhines) shopping centre is located in the heart of Cardiff's city centre and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014 having opened on 28 April 1994.
Pontypool and New Inn railway station (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl a New Inn) is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool…
Pontypool Park (Welsh: Parc Pont-y-pŵl) is a 150-acre (0.61 km2) park containing predominantly mature trees with some open meadowland, and located in Pontypool in south Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in …
Pontycymer is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough . The name, sometimes spelled "Pontycymmer", is Welsh: pont signifies "bridge", while cymer signifies "confluence" of watercourses.
Pontyclun railway station is an unstaffed, minor railway station in Pontyclun, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The station is at street level, on Station Approach, Pontyclun. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served…
Perrygrove Railway runs through farmland and woods on the edge of the Forest of Dean.
Penydarren Park is the home stadium for Merthyr Town F.C. in Merthyr Tydfil. It has a capacity of 10,000. A housing estate next to it also carries the name of the stadium. It was also the home of the town's former club, Merthyr Tydfil F.C. and it wa…
Olveston is a small village and larger parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish comprises the villages of Olveston and Tockington, and the hamlets of Old Down, Ingst and Awkley. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 2,033. A…
The Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.
The Newport Ship is a fifteenth-century sailing vessel discovered by archaeologists in June 2002 in the city of Newport, South Wales. It was found on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre, during the building of the Rive…