Population 2,442 (2011 census) Principal area Neath Port Talbot Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01792 Post town Swansea | OS grid reference SN705112 Country Wales Postcode district SA8 Ceremonial county West Glamorgan UK parliament constituency Neath | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind S at 27 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Rhos is a village in the Swansea Valley, located outside of Pontardawe, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, South Wales.
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History
Originally part of the Cilybebyll estate, the Primrose Colliery was developed from the mid-1800s, close to the village. On 13 October 1858, when owned by Morgan and Lewis, fumes of an engine boiler suffocated 14 men and boys, and 7 horses. After the disaster, it was redeveloped as the New Primrose Colliery, owned by Sir Ralph Howard, and by 1896 employed 307. It closed in the early 1900s, but from 1908 was revived as a pumping station for the Tarenni Colliery.
Today
Like many other villages in the former South Wales Coalfield, Rhos has seen phases of major building development within its boundaries bringing with it an influx of new residents to a community historically known for its own particular identity.
There is one primary school serving the village, called Rhos Primary School. The nearest secondary school is Cwmtawe.
Government and politics
The electoral ward includes some or all of the following settlements Cilybebyll, Gellinudd and Rhos in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Rhos is bounded by the wards of Ystalyfera and Ynyscedwyn (of Powys) to the north; Crynant to the east; Cadoxton to the south east; Bryncoch North to the south; Alltwen and Pontardawe to the west and Godre'r Graig to the northwest. In the 2012 local council elections, the electorate turnout was 43.91%. The results were: