Gurnos
Encyclopedia
Gurnos is a community
of Merthyr Tydfil
in Wales
, United Kingdom
. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate, a large housing estate
established by Merthyr Tydfil Council in the early 1950s and expanded over many years. Many of the initial streets were named after trees; such as Oak
, Acacia
and Rowan
.
It was reported in February 2011, that Men living on the Gurnos Estate currently have a live expectancy of just 58 years, less than Men in Iraq or Haiti
The area was formerly open land, including the long-established Gurnos Farm. It also encompassed the notoriously dangerous Goitre Pond.
The design and planning of the Gurnos estate borrows ideas from the Radburn system. The estate has become notorious throughout Wales, with the reputation of being an area of deprivation and crime.
.
The chief secondary school
in the area is Pen-Y-Dre High School
.
Prince Charles Hospital
is situated in Gurnos.
Community (Wales)
A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest-tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England....
of Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate, a large housing estate
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
established by Merthyr Tydfil Council in the early 1950s and expanded over many years. Many of the initial streets were named after trees; such as Oak
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus , of which about 600 species exist. "Oak" may also appear in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus...
, Acacia
Acacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
and Rowan
Rowan
The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or small trees in genus Sorbus of family Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies...
.
It was reported in February 2011, that Men living on the Gurnos Estate currently have a live expectancy of just 58 years, less than Men in Iraq or Haiti
The area was formerly open land, including the long-established Gurnos Farm. It also encompassed the notoriously dangerous Goitre Pond.
The design and planning of the Gurnos estate borrows ideas from the Radburn system. The estate has become notorious throughout Wales, with the reputation of being an area of deprivation and crime.
Amenities
The Gurnos estate includes a small shopping centre and a pub named The Matchstick Man, after late boxer Johnny OwenJohnny Owen
Johnny Owen was a professional boxer from Wales. His fragile appearance earned him many epithets, including ‘the Bionic Bantam’ and ‘the Merthyr Matchstick’. During his brief career, he held the Bantamweight Championships of Great Britain and Europe and became the first ever Welsh holder of the...
.
The chief secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in the area is Pen-Y-Dre High School
Pen-Y-Dre High School
Pen-Y-Dre is an 11-18 mixed-sex comprehensive school situated in the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in the UK. Pen-Y-Dre is on the Gurnos Estate.-External links:* - Historical Photographs of Pen-Y-Dre High School....
.
Prince Charles Hospital
Prince Charles Hospital
Prince Charles Hospital is an NHS district hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Known simply as the Gurnos District Hospital during its planning and construction, it opened in 1978....
is situated in Gurnos.
External links
- Old Merthyr Tydfil: Gurnos - Historical Photographs of the Gurnos.
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of the Gurnos and surrounding area