Ystrad Mynach
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| Ystrad Mynach shown within Caerphilly | |
| Population | 13,500 |
| OS grid reference | ST145945 |
| Principal area | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HENGOED |
| Postcode district | CF82 |
| Dialling code | 01443 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | |
Ystrad Mynach is a town in the County Borough of Caerphilly, within the ancient county of Glamorgan, Wales, and is 5 miles north of Caerphilly town. It has a population of around 13,500 and stands in the Rhymney Valley [1]. Before the Industrial Revolution and the coming of coal mining in the South Wales Coalfield the valley was rural and farmed [2]. It lies in the community of Gelligaer.
In the Welsh language, ystrad is a wide flat bottomed valley. The termination ach is associated with the names of marshy floodplains of rivers and is also found nearby in the names Llanbradach and Llancaiach. Ystrad Mynach is a corruption of Ystrad-Man-Ach (man = place) and is not derived from the Welsh mynach meaning monk. Prior to erection of defences on the River Rhymney in the 1960s the town was indeed subject to periodic flooding.
The town houses a number of council offices, as well as the Ystrad Mynach campus of Coleg y Cymoedd, a further education college established in 1959 to provide training for local coal miners and merged with neighbouring Coleg Morgannwg to form Coleg y Cymoedd in 2013.
The nearby Penallta Colliery [3] was the last coal mine to close in the valley [4]. Other notable buildings and structures are the Ystrad Mynach railway station [5], opened in 1890, the viaduct [6], a sculpture to commemorate the areas industrial heritage [7], a community hospital, a number of schools, and the Beech Tree, Coopers Arms and Royal Oak pubs.
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