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unusual facts about Argoed, Caerphilly


Zephaniah Williams

Williams was born near Argoed, Sirhowy Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, with much of his childhood spent near the then village of Blackwood, also living for some periods in Caerphilly and Nantyglo.


Capital Region Tourism

Capital Region Tourism defines the region and therefore the area it serves as the local authority areas of: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

Gwilym Davies

Gwilym Ednyfed Hudson Davies (born 1929), Welsh Labour Party then SDP politician, Member of Parliament for Conway 1966–1970, Caerphilly 1979–1983

Hengoed

The A469 to the east of the village carries the Stagecoach service number 50, north to Bargoed and south to Caerphilly and Newport with a half hourly service in each direction during weekdays.

Home Bargains

In August 2007, two stores in South Wales were opened in Barry and Caerphilly, these had been acquired from Netto which abandoned its plans to expand into the region.

Islwyn Borough Transport

Prior to its sale in 2010, Islwyn operated 18 local bus routes centred on Caerphilly and Blackwood, taking in Cardiff and Bargoed.

Lynn Bowles

As of June 2009 Bowles was living in Wimbledon but regularly travelled back to her family home in the village of Rudry near Caerphilly.

Michaelston

Michaelston-y-Fedw, a small rural village and community to the west of the city of Newport, Wales, on the border of Cardiff city and Caerphilly county borough

Mynydd Meio

Its eastern slopes drop away to Cwm yr Aber between Caerphilly and Abertridwr and its western slopes to the valley of the Taf.

National Cycle Route 4

After Newport, the route heads west to Caerphilly, then north towards Pontypridd during which it crosses the Taff Trail.

RG Jones Sound Engineering

RG Jones Sound Engineering was founded in 1926 by Ronald Geoffrey Jones of Caerphilly in Wales.

Sian Evans

Sian Evans (born 9 October 1973) is a Welsh singer-songwriter from Caerphilly.

Walnut Tree Viaduct

Finally the line circumvented the town of Caerphilly, and crossed the Rhymney Valley by means of the Llanbradach Viaduct, near Pwllypant, constructed to ease the gradient onto the BMR at Maesycwmmer.


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