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Cwmpennar
OS grid referenceSO04068
Community
  • Mountain Ash
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMOUNTAIN ASH
Postcode districtCF45
Dialling code01443
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf

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

It lies opposite an ex coal mining pit. Cwmpennar is part of the CDWA Cefnpennar District Welfare Association. On May 2 1867, an explosion took place at Cwmpennar Pit.[1]

References

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