Cefn Fforest

Human settlement in Wales

Caerphilly

Gwent

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51°40′12″N 3°12′32″W / 51.6700°N 3.2088°W / 51.6700; -3.2088

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]

Education

There is a local primary school located centrally within the community called Cefn Fforest Primary School^[3] Students who attend Cefn Fforest primary School range in ages from 5 years old to 12 years old.

Cefn Fforest's nearest secondary school is Blackwood Comprehensive^[4] Students who attend Blackwood Comprehensive School range in ages from 12 years old to 16 years old.

Notable People

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

References

^ "Ward/Community Population 2011". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
^ "Home | Cefn Fforest Primary School". www.cefnfforestprimary.co.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Blackwood Comprehensive School". Archived from the original on 20 June 2008.