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Blaengarw is the uppermost village in the river valley (Cwm Garw) of the River Garw, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales.

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village
Official name
Blaengarw
Located in
Garw Valley
Population
1789
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Blaengarw Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 934091.jpg
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OS grid reference
SS902928
Commons category
Blaengarw
historic county
Glamorgan
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Blaengarw is the uppermost village in the river valley (Cwm Garw) of the River Garw, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales.

In the English language Blaengarw means the rugged 'front' or 'head' of the valley. The population of Blaengarw ward according to the 2001 census was 1,895, falling to 1,789 at the 2011 census.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaengarw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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