Cefn Fforest
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{{Infobox UK place
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| country = Wales
| welsh_name =
| official_name = Cefn Fforest
| unitary_wales = Caerphilly
| lieutenancy_wales = Gwent
| constituency_westminster = Newport West and Islwyn
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Islwyn
| post_town = BLACKWOOD
| postcode_district = NP12
| postcode_area = NP
| dial_code = 01443, 01495
| os_grid_reference = ST165975
| coordinates = {{coord|51.6700|-3.2088|display=inline,title}}
| population = 3,894
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Map of the community
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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.{{cite book |last=Davies |first=John |author2=Jenkins, Nigel |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff|page=131 |isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}
Cefn Fforest was built in 1915 to house local workers and was originally known as Pengam Garden Village.{{Cite web |title=Welsh Newspapers |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4030889/4030890/7/pengam+OR+garden+OR+village |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=newspapers.library.wales |language=en}}
Education
There is a local primary school located centrally within the community called Cefn Fforest Primary School{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Cefn Fforest Primary School|url=https://www.cefnfforestprimary.co.uk/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.cefnfforestprimary.co.uk}} The school was built as part of the Garden Village development and was formally opened on 18 October 1915.{{Cite web |title=Welsh Newspapers |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4030924 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=newspapers.library.wales |language=en}} 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. 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.{{Cite web |title=Cefn Fforest Primary School |url=https://estyn.gov.wales/education-providers/cefn-fforest-primary-school/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Estyn |language=en-GB}}
Cefn Fforest's nearest secondary school is Blackwood Comprehensive{{Cite web|title=Blackwood Comprehensive School|url=https://www.blackwood.caerphilly.sch.uk/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620000956/http://www.blackwood.caerphilly.sch.uk:80/ |archive-date=20 June 2008 }} Students who attend Blackwood Comprehensive School range in ages from 12 years old to 16 years old.
Sports
Cefn Fforest has an angling club called named [https://fishingwales.net/fishing-locations/cefn-fforest-angling-club/ Cefn Fforest angling club].
The village also has a football team named Cefn Fforest A.F.C.
Notable People
- 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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