Nantgarw
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Nantgarw is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, near Cardiff, South Wales.
[edit] Location, History & Amenities
Lying on the River Taff, it is known for its porcelain, produced in between 1813-1814, and later between 1817-1820 at the Nantgarw Pottery, commemorated at the China Works Museum.
The village was later home to a colliery, and is now home to a small office of Companies House.
Castell Coch lies near the village.
Parc Nantgarw is a trading estate adjacent to Nantgarw and joined to the larger Trefforest Industrial Estate. Nantgarw is also home to a cinema and indoor 10 pin bowling complex, and the headquarters of Cadw, the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage.
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