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The Rhymney Valley is a valley
Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
 encompassing the villages of Fochriw
Fochriw

Fochriw is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly , within the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. It was well known for its neighbouring coal mine, which employed nearly the entire local population in the early 20th century....
, Pontlottyn
Pontlottyn

Pontlottyn is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly , within the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom....
 and the town of Rhymney
Rhymney

Rhymney is a town located in the county borough of Caerphilly , in south-east Wales, within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . Along with the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri, Caerphilly and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Boro...
 in south-east Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, formerly famous for its coal mining
Coal mining

Coal mining is the extraction or removal of coal from the earth by mining. When coal is used for fuel in power generation it is referred to as steaming or thermal coal....
 and iron
Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
 industries.

History This valley is one of the South Wales Valleys
South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoralism country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain around Swansea Bay, Bridgend, Cardiff...
, and its history largely follows theirs: sparsely populated until the nineteenth century; industrialised for iron
Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
, steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 and 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....
; industrial decline in the 1980s and 1990s.






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The Rhymney Valley is a valley
Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
 encompassing the villages of Fochriw
Fochriw

Fochriw is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly , within the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. It was well known for its neighbouring coal mine, which employed nearly the entire local population in the early 20th century....
, Pontlottyn
Pontlottyn

Pontlottyn is a village located in the county borough of Caerphilly , within the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom....
 and the town of Rhymney
Rhymney

Rhymney is a town located in the county borough of Caerphilly , in south-east Wales, within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . Along with the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri, Caerphilly and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Boro...
 in south-east Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, formerly famous for its coal mining
Coal mining

Coal mining is the extraction or removal of coal from the earth by mining. When coal is used for fuel in power generation it is referred to as steaming or thermal coal....
 and iron
Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
 industries.

Geography


Created as a glacial valley, now the Rhymney River
Rhymney River

The Rhymney River is a river in the Rhymney Valley, south-east Wales, flowing into the River Severn.The river forms the boundary between the historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire ....
 flows largely south to Rumney
Rumney, Cardiff

Rumney is a district in the Cardiff East of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the River Rhymney, and is historically part of Monmouthshire ....
, a district 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 ....
. The river is the ancient boundary between 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....
 and 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....
.

History

This valley is one of the South Wales Valleys
South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoralism country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain around Swansea Bay, Bridgend, Cardiff...
, and its history largely follows theirs: sparsely populated until the nineteenth century; industrialised for iron
Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. Iron is a Group 8 element and period 4 element. Iron is lustrous and silvery in color....
, steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 and 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....
; industrial decline in the 1980s and 1990s. The Rhymney Valley produced a miner poet, Idris Davies
Idris Davies

Idris Davies , was a Welsh poet, originally writing in Welsh language, but later writing exclusively in English language....
 famous for his poems associated with the locality and the struggles of its people.

The 1990s brought improved road connections to the valley—a dual carriageway running north from Caerphilly
Caerphilly

Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly , South Wales Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000....
—increasing access to and from Cardiff and the M4 motorway
M4 motorway

The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with West Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Berkshire, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea....
, and increasing the numbers of commuters from the valley to 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 ....
. The area is now one of the most populous in Wales.

The Rhymney Valley hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1990.

Transport

  • The Rhymney Valley railway
    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....
     runs through the valley.