38-429: Cimla is a village and suburb of the town of Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot , Wales . It is set high up on a hill. It is pronounced Kim-la. The Welsh language spelling is Cymla, pronounced the same way. Its meaning is a place with common land, which it presumably (being land on a hill above previous settlement) was until industrial expansion led to its being covered with housing. Cimla consists of
76-430: A compensation release for the river. It covers an area of 312 acres (126 ha). The Nidd can overflow the reservoirs, flooding the caves in the valley. In such cases the river overflows into the normally dry river bed past Lofthouse through to Gouthwaite Reservoir . The head of the river is located on moorland and the river character is affected by the run-off levels from the three reservoirs. The upper valley
114-601: A domestic, Welsh Premier League game, which was typical of the Welsh Premier League. After Neath became a municipal borough in 1835, the borough council was based at Neath Town Hall in Church Place before relocating to Gwyn Hall in Orchard Street in 1888. Neath District Council, which was formed in 1974, was absorbed into the larger unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot on 1 April 1996. The town encompasses
152-616: A large Roman marching camp that would have accommodated thousands of troops. These finds indicate some of the unusual measures the Romans took during the resistance of the native Silures . The fort at Neath was abandoned around 125 AD for fifteen years and again around 170 AD for a century before the final Roman withdrawal around 320 AD. The Antonine Itinerary ( c. 2nd century ) names Nido (or Nidum ) as one of nine places in Roman Wales . St Illtyd visited
190-871: A link to the older Indo-European root *-nedi , simply meaning river. The Nidd likely shares this etymology with the river and town of Neath (Welsh Nedd ) in South Wales and the town of Stratton in Cornwall (originally named Strat-Neth), and with many other rivers across Europe, such as the Nete in Belgium, the Nied in France, Neda in Galicia (NW Spain), the Nethe , Nidda and Nidder in Germany, and
228-657: A new transmitter for the Neath area. This would give residents of Neath access to the radio station, which already transmitted to the neighbouring area of Port Talbot . The new transmitter for the Neath area was commissioned by Government regulator Ofcom on Thursday 23 October 2008. River Nidd The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire . It rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on
266-753: A remit to conserve the ecological condition of the River Nidd from its headwaters to the Humber estuary. The Nidd rises in Nidderdale at Nidd Head Spring on the slopes of Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales . It flows east into Angram and Scar House reservoirs before turning south just downstream of Newhouses. In normal conditions the river disappears underground into the sinkhole known as Manchester Hole. If Scar House reservoir overflows, water flows past Manchester Hole to Goyden Pot, another sinkhole. In severe floods,
304-461: A residential area in the western central area, which is part of the built-up area of the town of Neath. The residential area is surrounded to the north, east, and south by open moorland . The whole of Cimla is set on high ground. It is home to the Cimla football club, formed in 1983, who play their games on Cefn Saeson playing fields. English is the most spoken language, with Welsh having minimal use. Cimla
342-400: A settlement in the township of Stonebeck Up , submerged when the reservoir was built. Completed in 1919 with a dam height of 61 metres (200 ft) covering 34 hectares with a volume of 1,041 million gallons and a depth of 33.4 metres (110 ft). A temporary village was built at Scar House to house the workers building the reservoirs and some remains can still be seen. The old Village Hall
380-439: Is Cefn Saeson . Cefn Saeson serves Cimla, Tonna, Tonmawr, Pontrhydyfen, Melin, and parts of Neath. The nearest Welsh-medium secondary school is Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, with the nearest Welsh primary being YGG Castell Nedd. The nearest faith schools are Alderman Davies CiW Primary, St Joseph's RC Primary, and St Joseph's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre. Neath Neath ( / n iː θ / ; Welsh : Castell-nedd )
418-498: Is Neath’s richest area, with an above average wage per person compared with the rest of the town. Cefn Saeson (the name of the farm area and secondary school) is said to derive from the fact that this area was once the historic England and Wales border. The name Cefn Saeson translates to “English Ridge”. There is also rumoured to be a Cimla castle near the Cefn Saeson farm. This is believed due to old Gnoll estate maps from 1812 naming
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#1733085718006456-592: Is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough , Wales . The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011. Historically in Glamorgan , the town is located on the River Neath , seven miles (eleven kilometres) east-northeast of Swansea . The town's English name ultimately derives from " Nedd "
494-511: Is an English-Medium primary school serving Cimla in South Wales. It is located on Afan Valley Road. Crynallt is a feeder school for Cefn Saeson. The school colours are white and royal blue. School starts at ten to nine and finishes at twenty past three. The primary school officially opened in September 2013 after the merging of the Crynallt Infant & Junior Schools. The local secondary school
532-581: Is at Victoria Gardens, a five-minute walk from the railway station. National Express services call at the railway station. From Victoria Gardens, First Cymru provides direct inter-urban services to nearby Swansea and Port Talbot in addition to South Wales Transport who provide many similar local services. The A465 skirts the town to the north east and provides a link to the M4 . In 2008 plans were announced to regenerate around 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of land in and around Neath town centre. The site once occupied by
570-536: Is evident by a number of Celtic hill forts , surrounding the town. The Romans also recognised the area's strategic importance and built an Auxiliary Fort on the river's Western bank around 74 AD. Much of the site is on the grounds of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School but archaeological digs have also found gate-towers that extended out beyond the fort's walls (a feature unique in Roman Britain) and
608-468: Is primarily millstone grit with fluvioglacial deposits . The overlying soil is prone to water-logging due to its slow permeability, being composed of loamy soils on top of clay with peat on the top layer. Around Lofthouse there are outcrops of Upper Yoredale limestone, which is more permeable than millstone grit and has created the Nidderdale Caves , where the river flows underground. Lower down on
646-716: The A1 and the A1(M) near the small village of Cowthorpe . The river continues meandering past Cattal north-easterly towards Moor Monkton , towards its junction with the River Ouse at Nun Monkton . The two most northerly reservoirs on the course of the river were built to provide water to the Bradford area in the early 1900s by way of the Nidd Aqueduct . As of 2017, they are maintained by Yorkshire Water . The reservoir takes its name from Angram,
684-626: The Nida in Poland. Along the river valley can be found the Nidderdale Museum , which is located in Pateley Bridge, and features sections about the traditional agriculture, industries, religion, transport and costume of Nidderdale. Lower down the river is the town of Knaresborough , which is home to Knaresborough Castle and Knaresborough Museum. There are many way-marked walking routes throughout
722-534: The Provincial League but, because of local problems, a number of the "home" fixtures were raced at St Austell . The Dragons introduced the Australian rider Charlie Monk to British speedway. After a season at Long Eaton Archers , Monk went on to have considerable success at Glasgow . The team also featured South African Howdy Cornell. In the early 1960s there was also stock car racing held at Neath Abbey, opposite
760-724: The electoral wards of Neath East , Neath North , Neath South and Cimla . For the House of Commons at Westminster, Neath and the surrounding area are part of the Neath constituency. As of 2021 , its Member of Parliament (MP) is Christina Rees of the Labour Party . In the Senedd , the Neath Senedd constituency is represented by Jeremy Miles ( Labour ), and by the wider South Wales West electoral region which returns four additional Members of
798-574: The English kings Henry II , John , and Edward I visited. Neath was a market town that expanded with the arrival of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century with new manufacturing industries of iron , steel and tinplate . The Mackworth family , who owned the Gnoll Estate were prominent in the town's industrial development. Coal was mined extensively in the surrounding valleys and
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#1733085718006836-683: The Gnoll Park, and Neath Indoor Market . Neath hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1918, 1934 and 1994. The Welsh Rugby Union was formed at a meeting held at the Castle Hotel in 1881. Neath Rugby Football Club , the famous and successful "Welsh All Blacks", play at The Gnoll . Motorcycle speedway was staged at the Abbey Stadium in Neath in 1962. The Welsh Dragons, led by New Zealander Trevor Redmond , raced with some success in
874-611: The Neath area and established a settlement in what is now known as Llantwit on the northern edge of the town. The church of St Illtyd was built at this settlement and was enlarged in Norman times. The Norman and pre-Norman church structure remains intact and active to day within the Church in Wales . The Welsh language name for Neath is Castell-nedd , referring to the Norman Neath Castle,
912-550: The Senedd (MSs). As with the rest of the British Isles , Neath experiences a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters, often high winds, and low sunshine levels. Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School is situated on the outskirts of the town, opposite a campus of NPTC Group (which was previously Neath Port Talbot College . Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School is in the village of Cimla . Two other comprehensive schools serve
950-571: The construction of canals and railways made Neath a major transportation centre and the Evans and Bevan families were major players in the local coal mining community as well as owning the Vale of Neath Brewery. Silica was mined in the Craig-y-Dinas area of Pontneddfechan , after Quaker entrepreneur William Weston Young invented the blast furnace silica firebrick , later moving brick production from
988-736: The flood plain, the nature of the underlying ground is Magnesian Limestone over alluvium and terrace drift deposits. On top of this is a combination of slowly permeable and well drained fine loam over clay. Where the river passes through the Nidd Gorge , Carboniferous ( Namurian ) and Upper Permian rock is exposed. The etymology of the name remains unknown but the name is either Celtic or Pre-Celtic (as with most rivers in Western Europe). A derivation from Celtic meaning brilliant or shining has been suggested (as in Old Irish níamda ), as has
1026-577: The monastery Neath Athletic A.F.C. was the town's largest football team, playing at Neath RFC 's ground, The Gnoll, and played in the top flight of Welsh football , the Welsh Premier League , until the club was wound up in 2012. In the 2006–07 season, Neath Athletic A.F.C. were promoted from the Welsh Football League First Division to the Welsh Premier League. Neath Athletic A.F.C. had an average of 300 supporters attending
1064-608: The original Welsh name for the River Neath and is known to be Celtic or Pre-Celtic . A meaning of 'shining' or 'brilliant' has been suggested, as has a link to the older Indo-European root *-nedi (simply meaning 'river'). As such, the town may share its etymology with the town of Stratton, Cornwall and the River Nidd in Northern England. The town is located at a ford of the River Neath and its strategic situation
1102-531: The previous civic centre was to be redeveloped as a new shopping centre. The area around the Milland Road Industrial Estate and with the area around the Neath Canal were also to be redeveloped. The proposals included an "iconic" golden rugby ball-shaped museum, a library, heritage centre and other new facilities. In March 2008, the county's new radio station, Afan FM , announced plans to install
1140-553: The river flows past Goyden Pot down the valley. The water sinking into the Nidderdale caves reappears at the rising Nidd Head to the south of the village of Lofthouse . Below Lofthouse the river is joined by How Stean Beck, and turns south-south-east towards Ramsgill before flowing into Gouthwaite Reservoir. Continuing on the same heading, the first major settlement is reached at Pateley Bridge . Turning more south-easterly, it flows past Glasshouses and Summerbridge , where it turns south again past Dacre Banks . Passing by Darley ,
1178-449: The river turns east before reaching Birstwith , where it flows south-east to Hampsthwaite . A series of large bends in the river take the flow north, east and then south, and east again, to enter Nidd Gorge . Below the gorge, the river meanders south-east through the town of Knaresborough , heading north and looping south again as it enters flatter terrain. Near Little Ribston it meanders south-easterly and easterly, crossing underneath
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1216-412: The slopes of Great Whernside. In its first few miles it has been dammed three times, creating Angram Reservoir , Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir , which attract a total of around 150,000 visitors a year. It joins the River Ouse at Nun Monkton . The upper river valley, Nidderdale , was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1994. The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust has
1254-511: The son of the landlord of the Castle Hotel, served as a Royal Marines officer with Nelson aboard HMS Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar . The River Neath is a navigable estuary and Neath was a river port until recent times. The heavy industries are no more; the town is now a commercial and tourism centre. Attractions for visitors are the ruins of the Cistercian Neath Abbey ,
1292-497: The surrounding field “castle field”. Singer Kathrine Jenkins was born in Cimla and now resides in London, England. Cimla is in the parliamentary constituency of Neath . For elections to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council , Cimla is covered by the 'Cimla and Pelenna' electoral ward , which also includes the Pelenna community. The ward elects two councillors. Prior to 2022 Cimla
1330-720: The town: Llangatwg Comprehensive School in Cadoxton and Ysgol Bae Baglan in Baglan . Neath railway station is on the South Wales Main Line . Great Western Railway and Transport for Wales serve the station with services westbound to Swansea , Carmarthen and the West Wales Line and eastbound to Port Talbot Parkway , Bridgend , Cardiff Central and London Paddington . Trains also run via Hereford and Shrewsbury to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly . Neath bus station
1368-467: The works at Pontwalby to the Green in Neath. The town continued as a market trading centre with a municipal cattle market run by W.B. Trick. Industrial development continued throughout the 20th century with the construction by BP of a new petroleum refinery at Llandarcy . Admiral Lord Nelson stayed at the Castle Hotel en route to Milford Haven when the fleet was at anchor there. Lt. Lewis Roatley,
1406-481: Was moved to Darley, where it now serves as the local Village Hall. The dam at Scar House was completed in 1936. The dam height is 71 m (233 ft) with the reservoir covering area 70 hectares and a depth of36.3 metres (119 ft) giving a volume of 2,200 million gallons. The reservoir is fed almost exclusively from the Angram dam. Gouthwaite reservoir is designated a Site for Special Scientific Interest. It provides
1444-402: Was the name of a county borough ward coterminous with the suburb, within the community of Neath . In the 2017 local council elections , the Cimla results were: In the 2012 local council elections , the electorate turnout was 36.86%. The Cimla results were: For elections to Neath Town Council, Cimla is covered by the community wards of Cefn Saeson and Crynallt. Crynallt Primary School
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