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Caerphilly is a town in the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Caerphilly
Caerphilly (county borough)

Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....
, south
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
 Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley
Rhymney Valley

The Rhymney Valley is a valley encompassing the villages of Fochriw, Pontlottyn and the town of Rhymney in south-east Wales, formerly famous for its coal mining and iron industries....
, with a population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
 of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town
Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
 of Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 and Newport
Newport

Newport is a City status in the United Kingdom and Administrative divisions of Wales in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the cultural capital and largest urban area in the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire and is governed by the unitary authori...
. It is about 2-3 miles north of the Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 suburbs of Lisvane
Lisvane

Lisvane is a suburb in the Cardiff North of Cardiff, capital of Wales, and located approximately five miles north of the city centre.The village has long been considered to be one of the more affluent and desirable districts of Cardiff, and Wales....
 and Rhiwbina
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is a prosperous Cardiff North suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It used to be a separate village, and its core is still locally called "the village" and given a Welsh village appearance by Beulah United Reformed Church on the village crossroads....
, separated by Caerphilly Mountain. It is traditionally within the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Glamorgan
Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
, on the border with Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen Historic counties of Wales of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales....
 and it is the largest town in the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Caerphilly
Caerphilly (county borough)

Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....
, which since 2003 has formed part of the lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy area

Lieutenancy areas are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a Lord Lieutenant - the representative of the British monarch. In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to, but are not necessarily conterminate with, the counties of the United Kingdom....
 of Gwent
Gwent (county)

Gwent is a preserved counties of Wales and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent....
.






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Caerphilly is a town in the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Caerphilly
Caerphilly (county borough)

Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....
, south
South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west....
 Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley
Rhymney Valley

The Rhymney Valley is a valley encompassing the villages of Fochriw, Pontlottyn and the town of Rhymney in south-east Wales, formerly famous for its coal mining and iron industries....
, with a population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
 of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town
Commuter town

A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commuting out to earn their livelihood. Many commuter towns act as Suburb of a nearby metropolis that workers travel to daily, and many suburbs are commuter towns....
 of Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 and Newport
Newport

Newport is a City status in the United Kingdom and Administrative divisions of Wales in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the cultural capital and largest urban area in the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire and is governed by the unitary authori...
. It is about 2-3 miles north of the Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 suburbs of Lisvane
Lisvane

Lisvane is a suburb in the Cardiff North of Cardiff, capital of Wales, and located approximately five miles north of the city centre.The village has long been considered to be one of the more affluent and desirable districts of Cardiff, and Wales....
 and Rhiwbina
Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is a prosperous Cardiff North suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It used to be a separate village, and its core is still locally called "the village" and given a Welsh village appearance by Beulah United Reformed Church on the village crossroads....
, separated by Caerphilly Mountain. It is traditionally within the county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 of Glamorgan
Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
, on the border with Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen Historic counties of Wales of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales....
 and it is the largest town in the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Caerphilly
Caerphilly (county borough)

Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....
, which since 2003 has formed part of the lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy area

Lieutenancy areas are the separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a Lord Lieutenant - the representative of the British monarch. In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to, but are not necessarily conterminate with, the counties of the United Kingdom....
 of Gwent
Gwent (county)

Gwent is a preserved counties of Wales and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent....
. The town gives its name to Caerphilly cheese
Caerphilly cheese

Caerphilly cheese is a hard, white cheese that originates in the area around the town of Caerphilly in Wales, although it is now also made in England, particularly in the South West England and on the English border with Wales....
, which originated in the area.

Caerphilly Castle, Wales
Caerphilly is the site of Caerphilly Castle
Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle is a Norman architecture castle that dominates the centre of the town of Caerphilly in south Wales.Caerphilly Castle was built to stop Llywelyn's southward ambitions....
, built between 1268 and 1271, which is the largest castle
Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
 in Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, and second largest in Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 (after Windsor
Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Berkshire in the England county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William I of England, is the oldest in continuous occupation....
). In 1899 the Rhymney Railway
Rhymney Railway

The Rhymney Railway was virtually a single stretch of main line, some fifty miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales ....
 built their maintenance facilities
Caerphilly railway works

Caerphilly railway works in Caerphilly in the county of Glamorgan was the only main railway works in WalesIt was built for the Rhymney Railway in 1899 and taken over by the Great Western Railway at amalgamation in 1923....
; however, the expansion of the population in the nineteenth century was more to do with the increasing market for coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
. Caerphilly hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950.

Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. The band are widely credited with initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and creating the first generation gap within rock and roll....
 documentary The Filth and the Fury
The Filth and the Fury

The Filth and the Fury is a 2000 in film rockumentary film about the Sex Pistols directed by Julien Temple....
. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of December 14, 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there. At this point in time, Caerphilly was one of the few councils that would allow the group to perform (Leeds and Manchester being the others).

Caerphilly is the birthplace of Tommy Cooper
Tommy Cooper

Tommy Cooper was an British people prop comedian and magic . He was known for making an art of getting magic tricks wrong, although he was actually an accomplished magician....
,and it was home to Nottingham Forest and Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 star Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw

Robert Earnshaw is a Zambian-born Wales national football team football player. He is a striker presently playing for Nottingham Forest F.C.....
, following his family's move from Zambia
Zambia

The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. Dennis Spargo, creator of the film Machen: Then & Now
Machen

Machen is a large village 3 miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire ....
, lived in Caerphilly for several years until 2006.

The town has a rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
 club, Caerphilly RFC
Caerphilly RFC

Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Wales rugby union team founded in 1887. Their home ground is Virginia Park in Caerphilly and their nickname is The Cheesemen....
, who play in Division 1 EAST of the Welsh National League.

During the summer, the town hosts The Big Cheese festival and a fundraising
Fundraiser

A fundraiser is an event or Political campaign whose primary purpose is to raise money for a cause. See also: fundraising. A fundraiser can also be an individual or company whose primary job is to raise money for a specific Charitable organization or Charitable organization....
 musical event called Megaday.

Transport

The A469
A469 road

The A469 is a road in south Wales. It links Cardiff and Caerphilly with Rhymney and the A465 road.File:Caerphilly Rd, Cardiff.jpg ...
 trunk road
Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more city, ports, airports, etc.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic....
 runs through the town north to south, while the A468
A468 road

The A468 is a principal road from Newport to Nantgarw. The current route begins at the A467 road in Bassaleg then passes through Rhiwderin, Machen, Trethomas, Bedwas and Caerphilly, terminating on the A470 road....
 skirts the northern boundary of the town. Caerphilly has two railway stations; Caerphilly
Caerphilly railway station

Caerphilly railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network....
 at the southern end of the town near the shopping area, and Aber
Aber railway station

Aber railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 13 km north of Cardiff Central railway station on the Valley Lines network....
 in the western part of the town, both on the Rhymney Line
Rhymney Line

|}The Rhymney Line is a Commuter rail in the United Kingdom running from Cardiff city centre through the Rhymney Valley via Heath, Cardiff and Llanishen in the north of the city, to Caerphilly, Bargoed and Rhymney....
 serving Cardiff.

Network Rail
Network Rail

Network Rail is a United Kingdom "not for dividend" company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares....
 propose that a new station be built in Energlyn
Energlyn

Energlyn is a residential area of the town of Caerphilly, south Wales.References...
 to support residential development in that part of the town.

Bricks are sometimes thrown through train windows, narrowly missing elderly ladies' heads, so beware!

See also

Caer
Caer

In the Welsh language, caer means "fortress", "fort" or "citadel"/"castle".Caer is the Welsh name for the city of Chester, situated in northwest England....


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