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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 ...
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 ...
The attached fan house of brick and stone was added in the 1950s and houses an electric motor by David Brown and Sons and a Sirocco fan. This superseded the Schiele fan in an earlier Fan House (Grade II listed: 13123). [26] [27] [25] [28] 13119: Former Lewis Merthyr Colliery Bertie pithead, headframe, tram circuit and tippler: Trehafod ST0395791132
A48 Bridge (River Taff) Blackweir footbridge; Brains Bridge (railway, Grangetown) Cable Bridge (foot, Roath Basin) Cardiff Bridge (River Taff) - also known as Canton Bridge; Cardiff Intersection Bridge (railway, Valley Lines crosses over the South Wales Main Line; Clarence Bridge (River Taff) Crwys Road Bridge (Over Railway, Cathays) Ely Bridge
Pentyrch, formerly a parish in Cardiff Rural District; Peterson-super-Montem‡ Pontypridd, covering Pontypridd Urban District; Taff's Well, covering the Taff's Well ward from Caerphilly Urban District ‡Formerly a parish in Cowbridge Rural District. The borough was named after the River Taff and the River Ely. [2]
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 Taff's 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.
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.
Adamsdown (sometimes Welsh: Waunadda or Y Sblot Uchaf, ' Upper Splott ') is an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.Adamsdown is generally located between Newport Road, to the north and the mainline railway to the south.