Radyr

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Radyr and Morganstown electoral ward in Cardiff

Radyr (strictly Radyr and Morganstown) is an outer suburb of the city of Cardiff, Wales. The village is located about six miles north of the centre of Cardiff. The writer Roald Dahl lived in the village as a boy. Today the village is expanding rapidly as people try to find homes in Cardiff. The village lies in the Cardiff West constituency.

At the turn of the 20th century Radyr was home to the busiest railway junction on the globe, where coal trains were either transferred onto the Taff Vale line to Cardiff Docks, or the Penarth district line, to the docks located at Penarth, several miles southwest of Cardiff city centre. The area was also home to an extensive railway marshalling yard, which is now closed and the sidings of which have been lifted. It remained a relatively undeveloped village until the 1970s. At this point the area under went rapid expansion, which has continued to this day, and now has a population well in excess of 10,000. Radyr still contains a major regional railway station, with in excess of 200 trains calling at the station every weekday. From the station, trains run into Cardiff, either along the Valley Line, or via the City Line that was opened up to passenger use in the 1980s.

The area is now one of Cardiff's largest middle class suburbs. Radyr overlooks Cardiff, being situated on the side of Llan-Duffred hill at 90 m above sea-level.

Radyr Comprehensive School is a popular local comprehensive school with over 1,400 pupils from across Cardiff.

Radyr is also home to the Radyr Baptist Church [1], whose current pastor is Kieran Webster.

The electoral ward of Radyr and Morganstown falls within the parliamentary constituency of Cardiff West. It is bounded by the wards of Whitchurch & Tongwynlais to the northeast; Llandaff and Llandaff North to the southeast; Creigiau & St. Fagans to the southwest; and Pentyrch to the northwest.