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Population
  
4,966

Ceremonial county
  
Gwent

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Area
  
9.64 km²

Principal area
  
Caerphilly

Country
  
Wales

Police
  
Gwent

Local time
  
Saturday 7:55 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind NE at 26 km/h, 36% Humidity

New Tredegar (Welsh: Tredegar Newydd) is a former mining community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

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Map of New Tredegar, UK

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. The area is supported by two primary schools; White rose primary school and Phillipstown primary school. The area also contains a number of religious buildings including; Saint Dingat's Church and the Presbyterian Church of Wales.

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Sport

Capel Golf Club, New Tredegar, (now defunct) first appeared in the mid 1930s and continued into the 1950s.

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 and MBE holder
  • Linden Jones, professional footballer, was born in New Tredegar.
  • Eliot Allen Richards, professional footballer, was born in New Tredegar.
  • Businesses

    New Tredegar is home to Zipline Creative Limited, a video production company.

    References

    New Tredegar Wikipedia