New Tredegar
New Tredegar (Welsh: Tredegar Newydd) is a former mining community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. The population of the community as taken in the 2011 census was 4,966.[1]
New Tredegar is now home to 'The Winding House', a county museum which opened in 2008. It is controlled by CCBC Museums service and the Friends of the Winding House community group.
The area is rich in the mining heritage of the South Wales mining industry.
Capel Golf Club, New Tredegar, (now defunct) first appeared in the mid 1930s and continued into the 1950s.[2]
New Tredegar RFC, sits in Division 3 of Welsh Rugby Union League.
Notable people
- See Category:People from New Tredegar
- Darcy Blake, professional footballer, was born in New Tredegar.
- Tim Rhys-Evans, was a vocal tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[3] He has conducted several choirs, including The Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales and Dunvant Male Choir.[4] He founded Only Men Aloud! in 2000[5] and led them to victory in the Last Choir Standing competition in 2008. In August 2010, Rhys-Evans was one of several new members admitted to the Gorsedd of bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to music and for charitable services.[6]
Businesses
New Tredegar is home to Zipline Creative Limited, a video production company.
References
- ↑ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ “Capel Golf Club”, “Golf’s Missing Links”.
- ↑ RWCMD
- ↑ Dunvant Male Choir
- ↑ BBC Last Choir Standing
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60534. p. 17. 15 June 2013.
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Coordinates: 51°43′6″N 3°14′13″W / 51.71833°N 3.23694°W