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″N3°23′21″W / 51.690955°N 3.3892530°W / 51.690955; -3.3892530

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

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