Blaencwm

Blaencwm
Blaencwm is located in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Blaencwm
Blaencwm
Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
OS grid referenceSS922989
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTREORCHY
Postcode districtCF42
Dialling code01443
PoliceSouth Wales
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
51°40′37″N 3°33′50″W / 51.677°N 3.564°W / 51.677; -3.564

Blaencwm (Welsh: Blaen-y-Cwm) is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Two collieries were opened here during the Industrial Revolution, the Dunraven Colliery in 1865 and the Glenrhondda Colliery in 1911. Both had closed by 1966 and the sites have since been landscaped, leaving little trace of their industrial past. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan.