Croesyceiliog (English: Cockerel's Cross) is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, traditional county of Monmouthshire, south Wales, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Creation 1536 MP David Davies Party Conservative Type House of Commons County Gwent EP constituency Wales Monmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in Wales Lists of places within principal areas List of places in Anglesey List of places in Blaenau Gwent List of places in Bridgend List of places in Caerphilly List of places in Cardiff List of places in Carmarthenshire List... This is a list of places in the Torfaen county borough, south Wales. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Cwmbran (Welsh: Cwmbrân) is a new town in Monmouthshire, Wales, established in the 1950s to provide new employment in the south eastern portion of the South Wales coalfield. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ... Monmouthshire (Welsh: ) is both a historic county and principal area in south-east Wales. ... This article is about the country. ...

Housing

Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing. There are some Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages, however most of the property was built between 1930 and 1970. There are also newer developments within the area.

Facilities

The main shopping precinct is on Edlogan Square and contains, among others, a newsagent, a grocer and a prize-winning fish and chip shop. The 'Six in Hand', one of the area's two pubs, is also here: the other, 'The Upper Cock', is on The Highway. There is a smaller shopping precinct on North Road that includes an Alldays shop (former chain of convenience stores in the UK, now run by the CO OP.), hair salon and doctor's surgery. There is a petrol station on The Highway and a corner shop opposite 'The Upper Cock'. Adjacent to 'The Upper Cock' is Croesyceiliog Cricket and Rugby Club. Croesyceiliog Cricket Club currently play in the South Wales Premier League, while Croesyceiliog Rugby Club play in the Welsh Division Three East League Co-op is: A cooperative education program. ... Official website www. ...

The area is served by Croesyceiliog School, a highly-regarded secondary school, and a primary school on North Road. There is a Baptist chapel on Chapel Lane, Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church[1] and an Anglican church named St Mary's Church [2] on Bryn Eglwys (literally 'Church Hill'). There is a large park, Woodland Road Park, which contains a bowling green, rugby pitch, tennis courts, outdoor paddling pool and adventure playground. Croesyceiliog School (Welsh: Ysgol Croes-y-ceiliog) is a state-funded secondary school in the Croesyceiliog district of Cwmbran, Torfaen in South Wales. ... Woodland Road Park is situated at the end of Cwmbrans Central Recreation Grounds (referred to as the Boating Lake Park) in the district of Croesyceiliog, Torfaen in South Wales. ...

Developments

The town, like many in Torfaen, is expanding. New housing estates have been built: Woodland View (2002) and Stonebridge Park (2006/7). Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ...

Census data

At the 2001 Census [3], the following information was captured:

• Population 5234 (Torfaen 90,949)
• 47.4% Male, 52.6% Female
• Age Structure
  • 16.2% aged between 0-15
  • 31.6% aged between 16-44
  • 23.0% aged 45-59/64
  • 29.2% of pensionable age

External links

• Croesyceiliog Cricket Club
• St Mary's Church, Croesyceiliog

Coordinates: 51.66296° N 3.00623° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...