Lewis School
Lewis Boys School, Pengam is a comprehensive school, founded in 1729 in the parish and village of Gelligaer and, later, moved to the nearby village of Gilfach, in the Rhymney Valley in South Wales.Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: School
- Description: school in Caerphilly, UK
- Also known as: “Lewis School Pengam” and “Lewis School, Pengam”
- Postal code: CF81 8LJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pengam railway station and Gilfach Fargoed railway station.
Pengam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pengam railway station is situated in Pengam on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network in South Wales. It is also the nearest station to the town of Blackwood and is the second busiest station on the Rhymney Line, after Caerphilly. Pengam railway station is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Lewis School.
Gilfach Fargoed railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. Gilfach Fargoed railway station is situated 1 mile north of Lewis School.
Aberbargoed Grasslands
Nature reserve
Aberbargoed Grasslands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Rhymney Valley in Mid & South Glamorgan, South Wales. The area was designated a national nature reserve in 2012 largely due to its population of marsh fritillary butterflies.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilfach and Pengam.
Gilfach
Village
Gilfach is the small district that lies between Bargoed and Pengam, situated in the Caerphilly county borough, seven miles north of Caerphilly, within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales.
Pengam
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pengam is a former coal village and community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales. It is also a community, containing itself and the nearby village of Fleur de Lys, and at the 2001 census it has a population of 3,842, rising slightly to 3,848 at the 2011 Census.
Penpedairheol
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penpedairheol is a village situated in the Rhymney Valleys, South Wales. It is located between Pengam, Gelligaer, Bargoed, Hengoed and Cefn Hengoed in the centre of Caerphilly borough, in the historic boundaries of Glamorgan.
Lewis School
- Categories: secondary school and education
- Location: Gelligaer, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.67248° or 51° 40′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.2242° or 3° 13′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3RMQCG+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 404255735OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q6537042
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lewis School” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدرسة لويس في بنجام”
- French: “Lewis School”
- Swedish: “Lewis School”
- Welsh: “Ysgol Lewis, Pengam”
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