Croesyceiliog
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| Croesyceiliog | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | 5,234 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for ST305965 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Torfaen | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | Gwent Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Gwent | |
| Historic county: | Monmouthshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | CWMBRAN | |
| Postal district: | NP44 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1633 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Monmouth | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Croesyceiliog is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, traditional county of Monmouthshire, south Wales, United Kingdom. It roughly translates as "Cross of the Cockerel" or "Cockerel's Cross".
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[edit] Croesyceiliog & Cwmbran
Croesyceiliog was originally a village and was one of the communities that was amalgamated into the New Town of Cwmbran. Today Croesyceiliog is a distinct community within the urbanised Cwmbran district.
[edit] Housing
Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing. There are some Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages, but these are few and far between. Most of the housing on the east side of the major thoroughfare, The Highway, is exclusive and desirable estate housing, built between the 1930s and the 1970s, making Croesyceiliog one of the most sought-after suburbs of Cwmbran. Property is expensive and rarely on the market, in contrast to the ex-corporation and local authority housing on the west side of the town.
[edit] Facilities
The main shopping precinct is on Edlogan Square and contains, among others, a newsagent, a grocer and a prize-winning fish and chip shop. The 'Six in Hand', one of the town's two pubs, is also here: the other, 'The Upper Cock', is on The Highway. There is a smaller shopping precinct on North Road that includes an Alldays shop, hair salon and medical surgery. There is a petrol station on The Highway and a corner shop opposite 'The Upper Cock'.
The town is served by Croesyceiliog School, a highly-regarded secondary school, and a primary school on North Road. There is a Baptist chapel on Chapel Lane and an Anglican church on Bryn Eglwys (literally 'Church Hill'). There is a large park, Woodland Road Park, which contains a rugby pitch, tennis courts, outdoor swimming pool and adventure playground.
[edit] Developments
The town, like so many in Torfaen, is currently expanding. In the last two years a new housing estate, Woodland View, has been built and a further estate, Stonebridge Park, is under construction.
