Nelson, Caerphilly

Nelson
Welsh: Ffos Y Gerddinen
Nelson, looking west
Nelson Welsh: Ffos Y Gerddinen is located in Caerphilly
Nelson Welsh: Ffos Y Gerddinen
Nelson
Welsh: Ffos Y Gerddinen
Location within Caerphilly
Population4,647 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST115995
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTreharris
Postcode districtCF46
Dialling code01443
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Caerphilly
51°39′05″N 3°16′58″W / 51.65139°N 3.28278°W / 51.65139; -3.28278

Nelson (sometimes Welsh: Ffos y Gerddinen) is a village and community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It sits five miles north of Caerphilly and ten miles north of Cardiff, at the lower end of the Taff Bargoed Valley, and lies adjacent to Treharris, Trelewis and Quakers Yard.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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