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Alternate meanings: see Risca (disambiguation). Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
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This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Caerphilly (county borough), Wales. ...
Risca can mean: a small town in Wales. ...
Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town of approximately 20,000 people in south Wales. It is part of the Newport conurbation with a population of 160,000. It lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield, and a mine used to operate in the town. It is home to Ty-Sign, which is a large housing estate which has a leisure centre, shops and skate park. It has a rural aspect, and is surrounded to the east and west by several extensively-wooded hills including Mynydd Machen (1,188ft/362m) and Twmbarlwm (1,375ft/419m) which attract tourists and mountain bikers to Cwmcarn Forest Drive. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ...
Approximate extent of South East Wales. ...
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Cwmcarn is a village in the Ebbw valley in south Wales that grew significantly with 19th century coal mining. ...
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Twmbarlwm has the remains of an Iron Age hill fort near its summit, and this is believed to have been built by the Silures, the Celtic tribe that inhabited the area before and during Roman times. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Britain, occupying approximately the counties of Monmouth, Brecon and Glamorgan. ...
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Risca has an award-winning male voice choir (male voice choirs are traditional in the South Wales valleys). For other uses, see Choir (disambiguation). ...
There are some extensive mountain bike trails on the wooded hills just to the north of the town, at Cwmcarn, which are receiving increasing popularity. Image:Downhill Bike A cross country mountain bike race A hardtail mountain bike A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle)) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments. ...
Cwmcarn is a village in the Ebbw valley in south Wales that grew significantly with 19th century coal mining. ...
The Welsh oak, a pub on the outskirts of Pontymister, was the meeting place for the Chartists before marching on Newport This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Pontymister is a small village attached to is neighbour Risca. ...
A movement for social and political reform in the United Kingdom during the mid_19th century, Chartism gains its name from the Peoples Charter of 1838, which set out the main aims of the movement. ...
For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). ...
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Coordinates: 51.60825° N 3.09166° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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