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Caerphilly County Borough

Van

Van is a suburb and community in Caerphilly county borough in , situated in the east of the town of . It contains the vast housing estate of and the estates of Porset Park, Castle Park, Mornington Meadows and Badgers Wood.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 4,580 residents
  • Description: village and community in Caerphilly, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Van, Caerphilly” and “Y Fan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Caerphilly Castle and Aber railway station.

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is a medieval fortification in in . The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of , and saw extensive fighting between Gilbert, his descendants, and the native Welsh rulers.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of , south . It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 8+1⁄4 miles north of on the Valley Lines network.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of , south . It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caerphilly and Bedwas.

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is a town and community in . It is situated at the southern end of the and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of and by .

Village
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is a town situated two miles north-east of , south , situated in the Caerphilly county borough, within the historic boundaries of .

Suburb
is a residential area consisting mostly of council housing in , Wales. It is near the centre of and the estate is relatively small compared to other areas of .

Van

Latitude
51.5728° or 51° 34′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.2044° or 3° 12′ 16″ west
Population
4,580
Elevation
394 feet (120 metres)
Open location code
9C3RHQFW+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3756026969
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7298758
Wiki­data ID
Q7913074
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Van” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Van”
  • Cebuano: “Van (komunidad)”
  • Cebuano: “Van”
  • Chinese: “Van”
  • Cornish: “Y Fan”
  • Dutch: “Van, Caerphilly”
  • French: “Van”
  • Irish: “Y Fan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Van (Caerphilly)”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Y Fan”
  • Swedish: “Van, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Van”
  • Welsh: “Y Fan, Caerffili”
  • Welsh: “Y Fan”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Coed y Maerdy and Van Road Congregational Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Van”. Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.