- Rhymney Valley
The Rhymney Valley ( _cy. Cwm Rhymni) is a
valley encompassing the villages ofFochriw ,Pontlottyn and the town ofRhymney in south-eastWales , formerly famous for itscoal mining andiron industries.Geography
Created as a glacial valley, now the
Rhymney River flows largely south to Rumney, a district ofCardiff . The river is the ancient boundary betweenGlamorgan and Monmouthshire.History
This valley is one of the
South Wales Valleys , and its history largely follows theirs: sparsely populated until the nineteenth century; industrialised foriron ,steel andcoal ; industrial decline in the 1980s and 1990s. The Rhymney Valley produced a miner poet,Idris Davies famous for his poems associated with the locality and the struggles of its people.The 1990s brought improved road connections to the valley—a dual carriageway running north from
Caerphilly —increasing access to and from Cardiff and theM4 motorway , and increasing the numbers of commuters from the valley toCardiff . The area is now one of the most populous in Wales.The Rhymney Valley hosted the
National Eisteddfod in 1990.Transport
*The Rhymney Valley railway runs through the valley.
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