Penydarren
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Coordinates: 51°45′29″N 3°22′14″W / 51.7581°N 3.3705°W
| Penydarren | |
| Welsh: Pen-y-darren | |
  Penydarren shown within Wales |
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| Population | 5253 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Merthyr Tydfil |
| Ceremonial county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | CF47 |
| Dialling code | 01685 38 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
| Welsh Assembly | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Merthyr Tydfil | |
- For Trevithick's Pen-y-darren locomotive, see Richard Trevithick
Penydarren (Welsh:Pen-y-darren) is a community in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.
The area is most notable as being the site of a 1st century Roman fort and during the Industrial Revolution it housed Penydarren Ironworks the third largest of the great Merthyr works. Penydarren was also used by Richard Trevithick as the location for his experiments into steam locomotion. The modern day ward has a population of 5,253.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Penydarren Ward 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics: National Statistics. UK government. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
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