Beddau

Beddau (English: Graves Welsh:Y Beddau) is a large former mining village around 1.5 miles from Llantrisant and 4 miles from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The South of the village is known as Tynant (English: House in the brook Welsh:Tyn-y-Nant & near the former Cwm Colliery & coking works now derelict and is the area where the colliery workers largely lived. It is the more traditional part of the village and has large former council housing estates. The Northern section of the village has more private housing estates and a smaller amount of former council housing. The County Borough Councillor for the Tyn-y-Nant ward is Labour Councillor Clayton Willis & for Beddau County Borough Councillor Richard Yeo also Labour both were elected in 2012.