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Tŷ Gwyn is a large detached house in the Cardiff suburb of Lisvane.It is set in 5 acres (2.0 ha) of grounds and is 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) in size. [4]Tŷ Gwyn House was built by James Ephraim Turner as his personal residence in 1906 in the Jacobethan style.
Taff's Well grew into an important railway junction during the mid- to late 19th century, when Cardiff was a major global exporter of coal. Taff's Well is a growing community which includes numerous districts: Glan-y-Llyn, Rhiw Ddar and Glan-y-Fordd; Ty-Rhillage centre that consists of Alfred's terrace, Anchor Street, Church Street, Garth Street, Yew Street and Ty Rhiw through which the Taff ...
Nantgarw is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Cardiff.. From an electoral and administrative perspective Nantgarw falls within the ward of Taffs Well, a village some 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) south, but historically fell within the boundaries of Caerphilly, which is a major town located less than 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) to the east.
The CF postcode area, also known as the Cardiff postcode area, [2] is a group of 35 postcode districts for post towns: Cardiff, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Aberdare, Bargoed, Barry, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Ferndale, Hengoed, Llantwit Major, Maesteg, Mountain Ash, Penarth, Pentre, Pontyclun, Pontypridd, Porth, Porthcawl, Rhoose, Sully ...
It flows through Pontypridd and through to Taff's Well, the site of Wales' only thermal spring. It flows underneath the M4 Motorway, before turning southeastward and flowing past the Cardiff suburbs of Radyr, Whitchurch, Llandaff, Pontcanna, the city centre and Grangetown, before emptying into Cardiff Bay, near to the mouth of the River Ely.
The Taffs Well sub-unit is bound to the south west by the Tongwynlais or Taff's Well Fault, which runs north-south, crossing the River Taff, and passing very close to the Taff's Well Thermal Spring. The Taffs Well Fault is a continuation of the Daren-ddu fault which is a major NW-SE trending fault in the Coal Measure rocks of the South Wales ...
Taffs Well railway station is a railway station serving the village of Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, as well as neighbouring Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales. The station was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1863 ...
The Merthyr to Newbridge (later renamed Pontypridd) section was completed by June 1792, and the rest of the canal was progressively opened to Pwllywhyad in January 1793 and Taffs Well by June 1793. By this time the project was well over budget, and although the final section to Cardiff was opened on 10 February 1794, it was not well constructed ...