New Tredegar () is a former mining town and
community
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in the
Rhymney Valley,
Caerphilly county borough
Caerphilly County Borough () 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, Risca, Ystrad Mynach, Newbrid ...
, Wales, within the
historic boundaries of
Monmouthshire
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.
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 has 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 4 of Welsh Rugby Union League.
Notable people
:''See
:People from New Tredegar''
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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 and
MBE holder
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Linden Jones, 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 lea ...
, 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 lea ...
, was born in New Tredegar.
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Gerald Jones, MP for
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
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Pam Gems, notable playwright, lived in New Tredegar from 1984-1993
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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Towns in Caerphilly County Borough
Communities in Caerphilly County Borough