Cwmaman

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Cwmaman Public Hall & Institute

for the village in Carmarthenshire, see Cwmamman

The name Cwmaman is Welsh language for, "Aman Valley", (The River Aman being the main river flowing through the village.) Cwmaman is a former coal mining pit village near Aberdare, South Wales.

It is the place from which the band the Stereophonics originates. For postal reasons it comes under Aberdare.

There is an array of parallel roads in the east part of the village, inc. Burns Street and Spencer Street (along with the other streets collectively known as 'Poet's Corner'), are amongst the steepest in Britain. Also home to the war poet, Alun Lewis, and a plaque in what is now Llanwonno Road marks the house where he once lived.

Cwmaman is also home to Cwmaman Public Hall & Institute a community owned enterprise which consists of a Concert Room, Theatre / Cinema and Fitness Suite.

The local St. Joseph's Church was renovated in 2007. This work included the installation of solar panels on one side of its roof with the aim to sell back energy to the national grid.

On the 14th December 2007, in association with Jo Whiley and her BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Tour, the Stereophonics returned back to their home village of Cwmaman to play an exclusive acoustic gig in the Cwmaman Working Men's Club, the venue where the band first performed.