Machen
Sign in to saveMachen (from Welsh ' "place (of)" + ', a personal name) is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River. Mynydd Machen (Machen Mountain) provides a view over the village. It is possible to walk up to and along the top of the mountain, where a number of large boulders are present.
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Place details
- Locality
- Machen
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,362
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Clubland, Machen - geograph.org.uk - 307206.jpg
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Caerphilly
- UK place.official_name
- Machen
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Caerphilly
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caerphilly
- UK place.post_town
- CAERPHILLY
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF83
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01633
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST215895
- UK place.population
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Machen
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
- Population
- +2362
- Image
- Clubland, Machen - geograph.org.uk - 307206.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- P7959
- Monmouthshire
- P8168
- Alicja Grześkowiak
- P12749
- Kriol
- P190
Article
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- Industrial history
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- Health research
- Community Archives Wales
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Machen (from Welsh ' "place (of)" + ', a personal name) is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River. Mynydd Machen (Machen Mountain) provides a view over the village. It is possible to walk up to and along the top of the mountain, where a number of large boulders are present.
Machen has a successful boules (petanque) team that are located at the rugby club. The team has had a team in the first Division of the boules in Gwent (BIG) league for the last four years.