Cefn Fforest

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Cefn Fforest
Cefn Fforest is located in Caerphilly
Cefn Fforest
Cefn Fforest
Location within Caerphilly
Population3,894 (2011)[1]
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
List of places
UK
Wales
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.[2]

Cefn Fforest was built in 1915 to house local workers and was originally known as Pengam Garden Village.[3]

Education

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There is a local primary school located centrally within the community called Cefn Fforest Primary School[4] The school was built as part of the Garden Village development and was formally opened on 18 October 1915.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Cefn Fforest's nearest secondary school is Blackwood Comprehensive.[7] Students who attend Blackwood Comprehensive School range in ages from 12 years old to 16 years old.

Sports

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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

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

References

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  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. ^ a b "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.