Abercynon

2:09pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Abercynon lies in the Cynon Valley and changed significantly during the industrial revolution. The town is linked to Cardiff and Merthyr by train. Significant buildings in the town include the War Memorial, Workingmen's Hall where the famous political leader Kier Hardie addressed miners' in 1906.

Abertillery

2:08pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Abertillery is a former coal-mining town situated in the South Wales Valleys within the county borough of Blaenau Gwent which, together with the surrounding villages, has a population of about 20,000.

Bargoed

2:07pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Bargoed was a rural town until the railway arrived and the colliery opened in 1903. Within seven years the mine employed almost 2,000 miners.

Blackwood

View of Blackwood

2:05pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Blackwood (Coed Dduon) is a busy shopping centre, with a population of 23,300. It has an outdoor market, which opens three days a week.

Caerphilly

Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly

2:04pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Caerphilly is the principal town of the county borough with a population of approximately 30,000.

Brynmawr

Brynmwar War Memorial and Market Hall cinema

2:04pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Brynmawr (Big Hill), was originally known as Gwaen Helygen (Marsh of the Willow). A mere village in 1800, it was a market town in the county of Brecknock and was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1875.

Ebbw Vale

Festival Park

2:02pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Ebbw Vale (Glyn Ebwy) stands at the head of the valley of the Ebbw Fawr river and is the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. With a population of 24,422, it is also the largest town in the County Borough.

Newbridge

2:01pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Newbridge, as its name implies, was the name given by the people to land around the "new bridge" built across the Ebbw (Afon Ebwy) towards the end of the eighteenth century.

Oakdale

1:59pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Oakdale was built in the early 1900s to a radical new design.

Porth

1:58pm Thursday 23rd November 2006

Porth is the gateway to the two Rhondda valleys as traffIc merges at this point. In common with much of Rhondda Cynon Taff Porth developed to service the coal industry.

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