Cwmcarn
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Cwmcarn | |
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Caerphilly | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWPORT |
Postcode district | NP11 |
Dialling code | 01495 |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.
Pre-industrial history
Significant settlement at Cwmcarn came with Bronze Age migration of local tribes from the Gwent levels to the uplands of Mynydd y Grug, Mynydd Machen and Mynydd Maen (Twmbarlwm) and led to a later Iron Age (900–55 BC) hillfort to be constructed by the Silures on Twmbarlwm.
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Following the
Economic activity
Coal mining
Cwmcarn lies at the south-eastern edge of the
The
Manufacturing
A telecoms factory located between the
Cwmcarn Forest Drive
To the east of the village of Cwmcarn is the popular Cwmcarn Forest Drive, a popular 7 mile drive through hills and forests on the flanks of the mountain of
In the summer of 2018 the area suffered a spate of extensive fires which were deliberately set and "killed many of the newly-planted saplings on the hillsides."
The area was also a victim of the spread of phytophthora ramorum, which had required the felling of "vast swathes" of larch trees in the area to prevent the disease spreading further.
Natural Resources Wales project manager for Cwmcarn, Geminie Drinkwater, stated in September 2019[1] that alongside local activist Robert Southall and Friends of Cwmcarn Forest Drive,[1] they are now "planting countless native trees, to repopulate Cwmcarn's ancient woodland"[1] and are "looking to improve the forestry and restore it as a tourist hotspot" in conjunction with the local activist group.[1]
Education
- Cwmcarn Primary School