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Caerphilly

TitleCaerphilly

CountyMid Glamorgan

CoordinatesLat : 51.5833333 Lon : -3.2166667

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in South Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of around 31,000. It is traditionally within the county of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire, but is in the modern ceremonial county of Gwent, and administratively independent as the county borough of Caerphilly. The town gives its name to Caerphilly cheese, which originated in the area.

Caerphilly is the site of Caerphilly Castle, built between 1268 and 1271, which is the largest castle in Wales, and second largest in Europe (after Windsor). In 1899 the Rhymney Railway built their maintenance facilities; however, the expansion of the population in the nineteenth century was more to do with the increasing market for coal. Caerphilly hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950.

Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of December 14, 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there. At this point in time, Caerphilly was one of the only city councils that would allow the group to play (Leeds and Manchester being the others). The town also features in the Harry Potter stories: Caerphilly has a quidditch team, the Caerphilly Catapults, and also hosted the quidditch world cup in 1997.Rowling, J. K. (2001). Quidditch Through the Ages. London: Bloomsbury/New York City: Scholastic, et al. ISBN 0613329740.

Caerphilly is the birth place of Tommy Cooper, and was home to Norwich City and Wales star Robert Earnshaw, following his move from Zambia. Dennis Spargo, creator of the film Machen: Then & Now, lived in Caerphilly for several years until 2006.

The town has a rugby union club, Caerphilly RFC, who play in the Asda League Division 1 EAST.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Caerphilly"

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Local Campsites

Pen-Y-Fan Leisure Park is 8.45 Miles away
Lavernock Point is 12.41 Miles away
Hensol Forest Camping & Caravan Park is 12.58 Miles away

Local Tourist Attractions

Wales Activity Breaks is 3.07 Miles away
Quad Bike Activity Centre is 3.1 Miles away
South Wales 2000 Shooting Ground is 4.44 Miles away
Castle Bingo Canton is 7.17 Miles away
Vue Cinema Cardiff is 7.56 Miles away
Team Sport - Cardiff is 8.01 Miles away
Reel - City Cinema is 9.36 Miles away
Dyffryn Gardens is 10.66 Miles away
Supakart Newport is 11.51 Miles away
Gwaunfarren Swimming Pool is 13.84 Miles away

Local Golf Courses

Ridgeway Golf Club is 1.88 Miles away
Bryn Meadows Golf Hotel is 3.53 Miles away
Pontypridd Golf Club is 4.75 Miles away
Whitehall Golf Club is 5.98 Miles away
Creigiau Golf Club is 6.21 Miles away
Newport Golf Club is 6.93 Miles away
Llantrisant & Pontyclun Golf Club is 7.87 Miles away
Rhondda Golf Club, Penrhys is 10.14 Miles away
Mountain Ash Golf Club is 10.73 Miles away
Greenmeadow G & CC is 10.95 Miles away

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