Cwmpennar

Cwmpennar
Cwmpennar
	Cwmpennar Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
OS grid reference	SO 0407 0005
Community	Mountain Ash;
Principal area	Rhondda Cynon Taf;
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MOUNTAIN ASH
Postcode district	CF45
Dialling code	01443
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Cynon Valley;
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Cynon Valley;
	List of places UK Wales Rhondda Cynon Taf 51°41′27″N 3°23′21″W / 51.690955°N 3.3892530°W

Cwmpennar (or Cwm Pennar) is a small village in Mountain Ash which is situated in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.

Cwmpennar lies opposite a former coal mining pit. Cwmpennar is part of the Cefnpennar District Welfare Association (CDWA). On 2 May 1867 an explosion took place at Cwmpennar Pit.^[1]

References

^ Fairley, William (1868). Glossary of terms used in the coal-mining districts of South Wales, Bristol and Somersetshire. p. 4.

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[1] Fairley, William (1868). Glossary of terms used in the coal-mining districts of South Wales, Bristol and Somersetshire. p. 4.

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