Mornington Meadows
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Mornington Meadows is a residential area of the town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 of Caerphilly
Caerphilly
Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town of Cardiff and Newport, which are located some 7.5 miles and 12 miles away, respectively...

, south Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. The name comes from the pastoral land and hay meadows which once covered this area. It borders Lansbury Park
Lansbury Park
Lansbury Park is a residential suburb area of the town of Caerphilly in Wales.- Location :The estate was built as council housing in the 1960s on former farmland...

 to the north and pastoral land to the South. It is within the community council of Van, Caerphilly
Van, Caerphilly
Van is a suburb and community in Caerphilly county borough in Wales, situated in the east of the town of Caerphilly. It contains the vast housing estate of Lansbury Park and the estates of Castle Park, Mornington Meadows and Badgers Wood. Van mainly consists of residential properties, one...

 and the electoral ward of St. James. The estate was constructed in the 1970s. All residential roads within the estate are linked into a circular internal ring road - Pen Y Cae. The estate only has one exit road for vehicles but a considerable number for pedestrians. Despite Mornington Meadows having an english name all of the roads in the estate have Welsh names.
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