Maesycwmmer
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{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| static_image_name = Wheel_O_Drams_Maesycwmmer_Andy_Hazell.jpg
| static_image_caption = Wheel o Drams by Andy Hazell
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| official_name = Maesycwmmer
| welsh_name = Maesycwmer
| population = 2,242
| community_wales = Maesycwmmer
| unitary_wales = Caerphilly
| lieutenancy_wales = Gwent
| constituency_westminster = Islwyn
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Islwyn
| post_town = HENGOED
| postcode_district = CF82
| postcode_area = CF
| post_town1 = BLACKWOOD
| postcode_district1 = NP12
| postcode_area1 = NP
| dial_code = 01443
| os_grid_reference = ST156948
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Map of the community
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Maesycwmmer ({{langx|cy|Maesycwmer}}) is a village and community in the centre of Caerphilly County Borough in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Location
Maesycwmmer is located {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} north of Caerphilly, on the east bank of the Rhymney River, opposite Hengoed, which is within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan. It is a community in Caerphilly County Borough.
History & amenities
File:Maesycwmmer Viaduct - geograph.org.uk - 22194.jpg.]]
Maesycwmmer is still overshadowed by the vast Maesycwmmer (or Hengoed) Viaduct,[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/22194 Maesycwmmer Viaduct at geograph.org.uk] which dates from 1853 and which carried the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway over the Rhymney valley. In 2000 the viaduct was re-opened for public pedestrian access.
Today the village features the "Wheel o Drams" (locally known as "The Stargate") sculpture by Andy Hazell, an unusual piece of modern art formed from a circle of coalmining dram trucks to commemorate the industrial heritage of this locality within the history of the South Wales Valleys. The village shared three railway stations with neighbouring Hengoed over the years (see Hengoed railway station).
Maesycwmmer was a creation of the Industrial Revolution in the South Wales Coalfield. The houses built along the main road were purpose-built for the workers that built the Maesycwmmer to Hengoed Viaduct. There is also a disused quarry in a field behind the houses of St Annes Gardens.
Maesycwmmer has both a junior and a senior football team. The senior team, [http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/maesycwmmerfootballclub/ Maesycwmmer FC], was founded in 2010 and plays in the North Gwent Football League. Matches are played at The Bryn, just outside Maesycwmmer.
Notable people
Maesycwmmer is the hometown of actor, writer and director Craig Roberts. Educationalist Mary Bridges-Adams (née Daltry) was born in Maesycwmmer in 1854.
Filming location
Craig Roberts' debut feature, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3291148/ Just Jim], filmed in Maesycwmmer throughout August of 2014. The film is inspired by his early life in Maesycwmmer and was released in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/submarines-craig-roberts-brings-touch-7535459|title=Submarine's Craig Roberts brings a touch of Hollywood home|work=Wales Online|author=Kathryn Williams|date=30 July 2014}}
The first series of the S4C drama 35 Diwrnod (2014) was filmed in Maesycwmmer.{{cite web|url=http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/940000/new-s4c-drama-35-diwrnod-brings-murder-mystery-to-maesycwmmer/|title=New S4C drama 35 Diwrnod brings murder mystery to Maesycwmmer|publisher=Caerphilly Observer|date=7 March 2014}}
Sports
- Maesycwmmer Football Club (2010, Re-established 2024)
References
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External links
- [http://www.francisfrith.com/search/wales/mid+glamorgan/maes-y-cwmmer/photos/maes-y-cwmmer_M120001.htm Old photo of the viaduct in 1952]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Maesycwmmer/index.html Genuki on Maesycwmmer]
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