Official Name: | Carnetown |
Local Name: | Carne |
Country: | Wales |
Static Image Name: | Aberdare Road, Carnetown - geograph.org.uk - 447779.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | General view of Carnetown |
Os Grid Reference: | ST 0778 9440 |
Coordinates: | 51.6408°N -3.334°W |
Post Town: | MOUNTAIN ASH |
Postcode Area: | CF |
Postcode District: | CF45 |
Dial Code: | 01443 |
Constituency Westminster: | Cynon Valley |
Civil Parish: | Abercynon |
Unitary Wales: | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Mid Glamorgan |
Carnetown (or 'Carne') is a district of Abercynon, within the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Carnetown[1] is located to the south and west of Abercynon, and comprises Carnetown itself to the west, and the large modern housing estate of 'Grovers Field' to the south.
The area is home to 'Carnetown Primary School', 'St. Donat's Church'[2] [3] (built in 1898[4]), 'Carne Park Hotel' and various shops/businesses, and previously had its own post office until 2005.[5]