New Tredegar ( cy, Tredegar Newydd) is a former mining town and
community
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in the
Rhymney Valley
The Rhymney Valley () is one of the South Wales valleys, with the Rhymney River forming the border between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Between 1974 and 1996 a Rhymney Valley local government district also existed (one ...
,
Caerphilly county borough
Caerphilly County Borough ( cy, Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It is governed by Caerphilly County Borough Council.
Its main and largest town is Caerphilly. Other towns in the county borough are B ...
, Wales, within the
historic boundaries of
Monmouthshire.
New Tredegar is now home to 'The Winding House', a county museum which opened in 2008. It is controlled by CCBC Museums service and the Friends of the Winding House community group.
The area is rich in the mining heritage of the
South Wales mining industry.
The area is supported by two primary schools; White Rose Primary school and Phillipstown Primary school.
The area also contains a number of religious buildings including; Saint Dingat's Church and the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Along with other parts of Rhymney, New Tredegar had Welsh speakers in the community
the Welsh-only monuments in the local cemetery testify to the strength of the language locally in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Sport
Capel Golf Club, New Tredegar, (now defunct) first appeared in the mid 1930s and continued into the 1950s.
New Tredegar RFC, sits in Division 3 of Welsh Rugby Union League.
Notable people
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Darcy Blake, professional
footballer
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, was born in New Tredegar.
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Tim Rhys-Evans, was a vocal tutor at the
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
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and
MBE holder
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Linden Jones, professional
footballer
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, was born in New Tredegar.
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Eliot Allen Richards, professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
, was born in New Tredegar.
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Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones (born 21 August 1970) is a Welsh Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2015 and has served as a Shadow Welsh Office minister.
Political career
The industrial decl ...
, MP for
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Politics
In the Caerphilly County Borough Council Elections 2017, Eluned Stenner and Anthony Evans were elected.
Businesses
New Tredegar is home to
Zipline Creative, a TV production company.
AJM Sewing, one of the last UK-based underwear and swimming costume manufacturers, was based in a converted chapel in New Tredegar but went into liquidation in 2018.
References
External links
BBC Wales feature on New Tredegar
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Villages in Caerphilly County Borough