- Rhiwfawr
Rhiwfawr is a hamlet of 40 houses in the
Swansea Valley , inNeath Port Talbot county borough ,Wales .Location
Most of the hamlet is high upon a ridge overlooking
Cwmtwrch and most of the houses are over 900 feet abovesea level . The majority of the houses date from the 1930s and were built by the local authority, thenGlamorgan , nowNeath Port Talbot council to housecoal miner s for a localcolliery that has since been closed and returned to countryside. The village has been described as "a giant family".Amenities
The hamlet has a
primary school , a community orvillage hall , and a smallNonconformist chapel . The road is now used to get toCwmllynfell or theGwrhyd mountain which leads toRhyd-y-fro on the outskirts ofPontardawe .Rhiwfawr is home to many
Welsh language -speakers, mainly due to the Welsh-speaking school in its heart - Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Draddodiadol Rhiwfawr (English: Rhiwfawr Traditional Welsh Primary School). The school is attended by 30 - 40 children. The school employs up to thirteen teachers. The headmistress is Mrs. Ann Phillips. The school celebrated its centenary in 2006.The village also houses a garage and a sweet shop.
A
BMX track can be found alongside a wide, grassyrugby union field and a smallpark . There is a a scenic walkway in a field behind the park.Overlooking the village is the Gwrhyd, which are picturesque mountains housing a road leading as far as
Pontardawe .External links
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3436060 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Rhiwfawr and surrounding area]
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