Gurnos
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Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gurnos
- UK place.type
- Community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Top End of Gurnos - geograph.org.uk - 831348.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The A465 road embankment at the north end of the Gurnos estate
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Merthyr Tydfil
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gurnos
- Population
- 5034
- Area
- 153.19
- Image
- Yniscedwyn iron works - geograph.org.uk - 400233.jpg
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- Gurnos
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Gurnos is a community of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales, United Kingdom. It consists principally of the Gurnos Estate. The population in 2011 was 5,280.
==Background== The Gurnos Estate is a large housing estate established by Merthyr Tydfil Council in the early 1950s and expanded over many years. Many of the initial streets were named after trees; such as Oak, Acacia and Rowan. A major expansion took place during the 1970s, including the building of Prince Charles Hospital. Streets on 1970s development were named after flowers and shrubs; such as Lavender, Heather, Lupin and Forsythia, with the exception of the three most recent areas known as Pen-Gurnos, Pen-y-Dre and Pen-y-Fan View. The area built since the 1970s is still often referred to locally as The New Estate. The community population at the 2011 census was 5,280.
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