Blackwood is a small town in the South Wales Valleys on the River Sirhowy in what is now part of Caerphilly (county borough) but historically part of the county of Monmouthshire. Its unusually wide main street — built to accommodate a tramway that formerly ran through the town centre — has led to it becoming a popular retail centre for the surrounding region.

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  • Blackwood is a small town in the South Wales Valleys on the River Sirhowy in what is now part of Caerphilly (county borough) but historically part of the county of Monmouthshire. Its unusually wide main street — built to accommodate a tramway that formerly ran through the town centre — has led to it becoming a popular retail centre for the surrounding region. The destruction of the coal mining industry under the Conservative Government of Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) and the UK miners' strike (1984-1985) had a devastating effect on the local economy, though in recent years the area has reinvented itself and now houses a growing number of light industrial and high-tech firms. Good transport links has made Blackwood a favoured home for a growing number of commuters who work in the cities of Newport and Cardiff, giving the town a renewed prosperity.
  • Blackwood (wal. Coed Dduon) ist eine Stadt im südlichen Wales. Sie hat etwa 23.000 Einwohner. Die Stadt war bis zur Schließung der letzten Mine 1990 ein wichtiges Zentrum des britischen Bergbaus. Im Laufe der Zeit ist sie geographisch weitgehend mit den Nachbarorten Pontllanfraith, Cefn Fforest und Ynysddu verschmolzen. Der Philantophist John Moggeridge plante die Stadt um 1820 als sozialreformerische Mustersiedlung ähnlich den Plänen eines Robert Owen. Am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts war Blackwood ein wichtiges Zentrum der Chartisten-Bewegung. Bekannt wurde die Stadt vor allem als Heimat der Rockband Manic Street Preachers und des walisischen Dichters Islwyn.
  • Blackwood er en liten by i Caerphilly i Wales. Den var tidligere en gruve- og jernverksby, men etter andre verdenskrig har begge disse industriene forsvunnet. Den er kjent som hjembyen til bandet Manic Street Preachers.
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  • Blackwood is a small town in the South Wales Valleys on the River Sirhowy in what is now part of Caerphilly (county borough) but historically part of the county of Monmouthshire. Its unusually wide main street — built to accommodate a tramway that formerly ran through the town centre — has led to it becoming a popular retail centre for the surrounding region.
  • Blackwood (wal. Coed Dduon) ist eine Stadt im südlichen Wales. Sie hat etwa 23.000 Einwohner. Die Stadt war bis zur Schließung der letzten Mine 1990 ein wichtiges Zentrum des britischen Bergbaus. Im Laufe der Zeit ist sie geographisch weitgehend mit den Nachbarorten Pontllanfraith, Cefn Fforest und Ynysddu verschmolzen. Der Philantophist John Moggeridge plante die Stadt um 1820 als sozialreformerische Mustersiedlung ähnlich den Plänen eines Robert Owen. Am Anfang des 20.
  • Blackwood er en liten by i Caerphilly i Wales. Den var tidligere en gruve- og jernverksby, men etter andre verdenskrig har begge disse industriene forsvunnet. Den er kjent som hjembyen til bandet Manic Street Preachers.
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