Croesyceiliog
Croesyceiliog | |
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Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School (before demolition of the old building) | |
Location withinTorfaen | |
Area | 2.18 km2(0.84 sq mi)[1] |
Population | 5,246 (2011)[2] |
•Density | 2,406/km2(6,230/sq mi) |
GSS code | W04000761 |
OS grid reference | ST 305 965 |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CWMBRAN |
Postcode district | NP44 |
Dialling code | 01633 |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Croesyceiliog(Welsh:[ˌkrɔɨsəˈkɛiljɔɡ] ,Cockerel's Cross) is a suburb ofCwmbran,Wales.
Housing
[edit]Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing fromVictorianterraces and even olderWelshcottages to property built between 1930 and 1970 and newer developments within the area. Most of the housing was built in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the development of Cwmbran New Town.
Facilities
[edit]The formerGwent County Hallwas located in Croesyceiliog.[3]Until 2012 it provided the main administrative base forMonmouthshire County Council(even though it was outside that administrative area) andGwent Police,and some offices forTorfaen County Borough Council.The demolition of the premises was required as a result ofconcrete cancer,and took place in 2013.[4]
There are shops, takeaways, pubs, hairdressers and a doctors' surgery in the main shopping areas of Edlogan Square, the Highway and North Road.
There are two schools,Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School,and a primary school on North Road (Croesyceiliog Primary School).
There is a Baptist chapel on Chapel Lane, Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church and an Anglican church named St Mary's Church on Bryn Eglwys (literally 'Church Hill').
Croesyceiliog Cricket and Rugby Club is on the Highway. Croesyceiliog Cricket Club currently play in the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire League, whileCroesyceiliog Rugby Clubplay in the Welsh Division Three East League. Croesyceiliog also has a lawn bowls team which play at Woodland Road Sports Grounds.
Woodland Road Parkis a recreation area which contains a bowling green, rugby pitch, tennis courts, outdoor paddling pool and adventure playground.
The Croesyceiliog bypass was built in the 1960s and forms part of the mainA4042 roadbetweenNewportandAbergavenny.[5]Before the bypass was opened the A4042 went through Croesyceiliog.
Census data
[edit]At the 2011 Census the following information was captured:
- Population[2]5,246 (Torfaen 91,075)
- 47.7% male, 52.3% female
- Age structure[6]
- 15.6% aged 0–15
- 31.8% aged 16–44
- 20.0% aged 45–59
- 32.6% aged 60+
Electoral wards
[edit]For elections, Croesyceiliog is split into twoelectoral wards:Croesyceiliog North and Croesyceiliog South.
- For elections to the UK parliament, both wards are part of theconstituency of Torfaen.
- For elections to theSenedd,both wards are part of theconstituency of Monmouth.
- For elections toTorfaen County Borough Council,Croesyceiliog North returns 2 councillors, and Croesyceiliog South returns 1 councillor.
- For elections to Croesyceiliog and LlanyrafonCommunity Council,Croesyceiliog North returns 6 councillors, and Croesyceiliog South returns 2 councillors.
People from Croesyceiliog
[edit]- Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1950)
- Dan Thomas (rugby union)
- Mary White (ceramicist and calligrapher)(1926–2013)
- Lenny Woodard(rugby)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"2011 Census:Quick Statistics:Population Density for Croesyceiliog".Office for National Statistics. Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2013.Retrieved29 November2013.
- ^ab"2011 Census:Key Statistics:Key Figures for Croesyceiliog".Office for National Statistics. Archived fromthe originalon 3 December 2013.Retrieved25 November2013.
- ^Photo of Gwent County Hall
- ^South Wales Argus,Demolition of Cwmbran's County Hall continues,5 April 2013.Retrieved 16 July 2013
- ^"Croesyceiliog By-Pass, Monmouthshire".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).12 July 1965.
- ^"2011 Census, Age Structure for Croesyceiliog".Office for National Statistics.Retrieved26 November2013.