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Human settlement in Wales
Cefn Fforest
Cefn Fforest is located in CaerphillyCefn FforestCefn FforestLocation within Caerphilly
Population3,894 (2011)
OS grid referenceST165975
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLACKWOOD
Postcode districtNP12
Dialling code01443, 01495
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
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Caerphilly

51°40′12″N 3°12′32″W / 51.6700°N 3.2088°W / 51.6700; -3.2088


Map of the community

Cefn Fforest is a community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. A wholly urbanized community, it forms the western fringes of the town of Blackwood. By area, it is the smallest of all of the communities of Wales.

Cefn Fforest was built in 1915 to house local workers and was originally known as Pengam Garden Village.

Education

There is a local primary school located centrally within the community called Cefn Fforest Primary School The school was built as part of the Garden Village development and was formally opened on 18th October 1915. At the time of opening, the school was known as Cefn Fforest Council School and was built to provide for 600 children, including 250 infants. Students who attend Cefn Fforest Primary School range in ages from 5 years old to 12 years old, and in 2022 the number of students was 289.

Cefn Fforest's nearest secondary school is Blackwood Comprehensive Students who attend Blackwood Comprehensive School range in ages from 12 years old to 16 years old.

Sports

Cefn Fforest has an angling club called named Cefn Fforest angling club.

The village also has a football team named Cefn Fforest A.F.C.

Notable People

  • Dave (Dai) Fleet, Founder and owner of Abracadabra tattoo studio
  • Dream Alliance, thoroughbred racehorse
  • Nathan Cleverly, Welsh former professional boxer

References

  1. "Ward/Community Population 2011". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
  3. "Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. "Home | Cefn Fforest Primary School". www.cefnfforestprimary.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  6. "Cefn Fforest Primary School". Estyn. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. "Blackwood Comprehensive School". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008.
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