Wales
Caerphilly County Borough
Crosskeys

Crosskeys

Crosskeys is a village, community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in . Crosskeys has about 3,200 residents.
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  • Type: Village with 3,200 residents
  • Description: village and community in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales
  • Also known as: “Cross Keys” and “Pont-y-cymer”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crosskeys railway station and Crosskeys College.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a station serving the village of Crosskeys in the in Wales. It is on the Ebbw Valley Railway. The station is situated behind houses on Risca Road and Carlton Terrace.

College
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys is the largest campus of . It is located next to Risca Road in Crosskeys, near in . The college was previously a technical college and a coal mining college.

Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 381-metre-high flat-topped hill in county borough in South . It falls largely within the community of but its northern and eastern margins are within Crosskeys community.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wattsville and Cwmcarn.

Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the , eight miles north west of , built in the 20th century for accommodation for mine workers.

Village
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is a village situated in the in south , in the historic boundaries of . It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.

Town
Photo: Rudi Winter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the and within the historic boundaries of in south-east Wales. It is split into two communities; East and West.

Crosskeys

Latitude
51.61992° or 51° 37′ 12″ north
Longitude
-3.12412° or 3° 7′ 27″ west
Population
3,200
Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CKY
Open location code
9C3RJV9G+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 376904362
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2651866
Wiki­data ID
Q5188698
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Crosskeys” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Crosskeys”
  • Bengali: “ক্রসকীজ”
  • Catalan: “Crosskeys”
  • Cebuano: “Crosskeys”
  • Chinese: “克罗斯奇斯”
  • Chinese: “克羅斯奇斯”
  • Cornish: “Crosskeys”
  • Dutch: “Crosskeys”
  • French: “Crosskeys”
  • German: “Crosskeys”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રોસકીઝ”
  • Irish: “Crosskeys”
  • Italian: “Crosskeys”
  • Japanese: “クロスキーズ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರಾಸ್ಕೀಸ್”
  • Korean: “크로스키즈”
  • Lithuanian: “Kroskisas”
  • Portuguese: “Crosskeys”
  • Russian: “Кроскис”
  • Scots: “Crosskeys”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Crosskeys”
  • Spanish: “Crosskeys”
  • Swedish: “Crosskeys”
  • Tamil: “கிராஸ்கீஸ்”
  • Telugu: “క్రాస్ కీస్”
  • Urdu: “کروسکییس”
  • Welsh: “Crosskeys”

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