Llynfi Valley

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Llynfi Valley is a Welsh valley community in the historic coal-mining region of the South Wales Valleys.

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Label Occurrences
Llynfi Valley canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
valley
administrativeCentre Maesteg
country Wales
drainsTo River Llynfi
economicTransition from coal mining to service-based economy
governingBody Bridgend County Borough
surface form: Bridgend County Borough Council
hasCommunity Llangynwyd
surface form: Llangynwyd Lower

Llangynwyd Middle
Maesteg
surface form: Maesteg community
hasCulturalIdentity South Wales Valleys culture
hasEducationalInstitution Maesteg School
hasFeature former coal mines
post-industrial landscapes
hasRecreationalRoute local walking and cycling paths on former railway and colliery sites
hasReligiousSite Llangynwyd
surface form: Llangynwyd parish church
hasRoadLink A4063 road NERFINISHED
hasSettlement Caerau
Coytrahen
Cwmfelin
Garth
Llangynwyd
Maesteg
Nantyffyllon
hasTransport Maesteg Line
historicalPeriodOfGrowth 19th century
historicalPeriodOfIndustrialDecline late 20th century
historicIndustry coal mining
ironworks
knownFor Welsh working-class communities
coal mining heritage
language English
Welsh
locatedIn Bridgend County Borough
South Wales Valleys
surface form: South Wales

South Wales Valleys
namedAfter River Llynfi
near Afan Valley
Ogmore Valley
partOf historic coal-mining region of South Wales
railwayStation Garth railway station
Maesteg railway station
Tondu railway station
region industrial South Wales
regionType valley community
traditionalCounty Glamorgan
valleyType glacial valley

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Wales Valleys hasValley Llynfi Valley
Maesteg locatedInValley Llynfi Valley
Bridgend County Borough contains Llynfi Valley
Maesteg Line locatedInValley Llynfi Valley
Caerau locatedIn Llynfi Valley