Wales
Caerphilly County Borough
Gelligaer

Gelligaer

Gelligaer is a community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, , in the valley. As well as the village of Gelligaer, the community also includes the small towns of and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Catwg’s Church and Pengam railway station.

Church
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St Catwg's Church, Gelligaer, is a listed place of worship in the community of Gelligaer in , .

Railway station
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is situated in on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network in . It is also the nearest station to the town of and is the second busiest station on the Rhymney Line, after Caerphilly.

Museum
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Manor is a Tudor manor house near the village of , located just to the north of the site of the former Llancaiach Colliery in the heart of the in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penpedairheol and Cefn Hengoed.

Village
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is a village situated in the Rhymney Valleys, . It is located between , Gelligaer, , and in the centre of Caerphilly borough, in the historic boundaries of .

Village
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is a small village in the , in the centre of Caerphilly borough, within the historic boundaries of Glamorganshire. Bordering the larger village of Hengoed, contains the local Derwendeg , which has recently celebrated its 90th birthday.

Village
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is a village on the west side of the - between to the south and to the north. Across the valley it looks towards .

Gelligaer

Latitude
51.66403° or 51° 39′ 51″ north
Longitude
-3.25069° or 3° 15′ 3″ west
Population
17,400
Elevation
764 feet (233 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB GGR
Open location code
9C3RMP7X+JP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 974093683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648728
Wiki­data ID
Q3401140
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Gelligaer” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gelligaer”
  • Basque: “Gelligaer”
  • Bengali: “গেলিগিয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Гелигайр”
  • Catalan: “Gelligaer”
  • Cebuano: “Gelligaer (kapital sa komunidad)”
  • Cebuano: “Gelligaer”
  • Chinese: “格利盖尔”
  • Chinese: “格利蓋爾”
  • Cornish: “Gelligaer”
  • Dutch: “Gelligaer”
  • French: “Gelligaer”
  • German: “Gelligaer”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલીગાર”
  • Irish: “Gelli-gaer”
  • Irish: “Gelligaer”
  • Italian: “Gelligaer”
  • Japanese: “ゲリゲイアー”
  • Kannada: “ಗಗ್ಗಿಯಾರ್”
  • Korean: “겔리게르”
  • Lithuanian: “Geligaeris”
  • Portuguese: “Gelligaer”
  • Russian: “Геллигер”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gelligaer”
  • Silesian: “Gelligaer”
  • Spanish: “Gelligaer”
  • Swedish: “Gelligaer”
  • Tamil: “ஜெல்லிகர்”
  • Telugu: “గెల్లిగేర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Геллігар”
  • Urdu: “جیلیجایر”
  • Welsh: “Gelli-gaer”
  • Welsh: “Gelligaer”

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