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Risca Data Recovery
| Risca | |
| Welsh: Rhisga | |
 A view of Risca |
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  Risca
Risca shown within Wales |
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| Population | 11,455 [1][2] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Caerphilly |
| Ceremonial county | Gwent |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | NP11 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Islwyn |
| Welsh Assembly | Islwyn |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Caerphilly | |
Risca
Risca [1] (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town of approximately 11,500 people in South Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation (which as a whole has a population of 160,000).
The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield, and a coal mine used to operate in the town with terraced housing [2] nearby for workers. It is home to Ty-Sign [3], which is a large housing estate [4] which has a leisure centre, shops and skate park. It has a rural aspect, and is surrounded to the east and west by several extensively wooded hills [5] including Mynydd Machen [6] (1,188ft/362m) and Twmbarlwm [7] (1,375ft/419m) which attract tourists for the hillwalking and mountain bikers to Cwmcarn Forest Drive.
Twmbarlwm has the remains of an Iron Age hill fort near its summit,[3] and this is believed to have been built by the Silures, the Celtic tribe that inhabited the area before and during Roman times.
In the UK Parliament, Risca is located in the constituency of Islwyn, a Labour Party stronghold represented since a by-election in 1995 by Don Touhig. The seat and its predecessor was formerly represented for 25 years by the former Labour leader Neil Kinnock.
In the National Assembly for Wales, Risca is located in the constituency of Islwyn, represented since 2003 by Labour's Irene James. At the first Assembly elections in 1999, Plaid Cymru won the seat in a major upset. The constituency falls within the electoral region of South Wales East, whose four AMs are Conservatives Mohammad Asghar and William Graham, Plaid Cymru's Jocelyn Davies, and Liberal Democrat Mike German.
Notable landmarks and buildings
The Welsh Oak, a pub on the outskirts of Pontymister, was the meeting place for the Chartists before they marched on Newport during the Newport Rising of 1839.
The local Church in Wales church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin [8].
The Monmouthshire canal passes through the town [9].
The park 'Tredegar Grounds' was donated to the people of Risca in 1897 by Lord Tredegar to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and in return the 'Jubilee' statue was erected by public subscription 'in recognition of Lord Tredegar's generosity to the neighbourhood.'
A small bronze statuette of Samson, a bearded figure dressed in a loincloth, stands on a circular stone plinth on a square stepped base.
Culture and Education
Risca has an award-winning male voice choir (male voice choirs are traditional in the South Wales Valleys). Risca Community Comprehensive School was opened by Elizabeth II in 1977. It is located on the same site as the town's leisure centre. There are approximately 500 pupils, most of whom have moved up from the local primaries, Risca and Ty Sign. Although the website is currently under development, the school was one of the first in the UK to use Twitter.
Sport and lesiure
Risca United AFC play in the Third Division of the Welsh League. They are managed by Jeff Eckhardt. The club play their home games at Ty-Isaf Park.
Risca RFC (The Cuckoos) play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 4 East, at Stores Field, Risca. An active mini-rugby & junior section with age groups from 6 to 16, provide a steady stream of players, some of them having progressed to the early stages of professional rugby with the Newport Gwent Dragons.
There are some extensive mountain bike trails on the wooded hills just to the north of the town, at Cwmcarn, which are receiving increasing popularity.
External links
Risca Choir
BBC Wales profile of Risca Choir
Risca Industrial History Museum
12 old photos of Risca
Welsh Coal Mines website - check out Risca area's pits history
Risca on Genuki website
Kelly's 1901 Directory of Risca and area
The Jubilee Statue
RCCS website
RCCS on Twitter
