- Felindre
Felindre ( _en. Velindre) is a rural village in south
Wales . The village can be found in the far north ofSwansea , in the electoral ward ofMawr .The nearby Lower Lliw Reservoirs are a popular venue for walking and fishing. The water mill in the village was working until the late 1960s, there was also an abbatior and a post office in the village. It also had three shops, and two mobile shops which used to come around the village twice a week. Again this was in the late 60's and 70's.The school in the village is welsh speaking. There is also a public house in the village, the shepards arms. [http://www.visitswanseabay.com/media/pdf/g/d/LliwENG_1.pdf]
Felindre works site
In 1956, The Steel Company of Wales opened a
tinplate works at Velindre to complement new facilities at Trostre and Port Talbot. By 1970, the Velindre works employed 2,500 people and produced 490,000 tonnes per annum, but it declined in the 1980s and closed in 1989. [The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008] The grounds of the former steelworks played host to the National Eisteddfod 2006.The works site, which is situated next to the
M4 Motorway just of Junction 46, is now a regeneration site with 200 acres of land being redeveloped by theWelsh Assembly Government and theCity and County of Swansea council . [ [http://www.wda.co.uk/index.cfm/property_advice_and_support/wda_properties/south_west_wales_properties/felindre/en2959 Felindre ] ]The site has been used of late for
World Rally Championship to service the rally cars whilst they compete in the Welsh Rally, a round of the (WRC) World Rally Championship. For 2007 the site moved to the Swansea SA1 area.Notes
External links
* [http://www.eisteddfod.org.uk/index.php?lang=EN;navId= 2006 National Eisteddfod of Wales]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/eisteddfod/ BBC South West Wales: Eisteddfordd 2006]
* [http://www.grc.cf.ac.uk/lrn/resources/casestudies/showcasestudies.php?page=&item=38&showcat= Land Regeneration Network: Case Study: Felindre Steelworks Reclamation and Development]
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