11 Facts About Maesteg

Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales.

Community of Maesteg had a population of 17,580 in the 2011 census and includes Nantyffyllon.

Maesteg took its name from the farm, and by 1831 two furnaces were in blast and the first rows of workers' housing had been completed near the Maesteg Ironworks.

Iron industry in Maesteg continued, with varying degrees of success, until wrought iron making was replaced by the manufacture of cheaper, mass-produced steel during the 1870s.

Maesteg Market was situated at the ground floor level of Maesteg Town Hall and offered a variety of goods until the final stallholder left in 2018.

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The majority of people in Maesteg are native English speakers, but there is a Welsh-speaking minority.

Maesteg has six English language state primary schools: Cwmfelin Primary, Plasnewydd Primary, Caerau Primary, Nantyffyllon Primary, Llangynwyd Primary and Garth Primary.

Maesteg has a rich tradition of singing, especially in choirs.

Maesteg is on the fringes of the broadcast area of the Swansea local radio stations The Wave and Swansea Bay Radio.

Maesteg is home to Maesteg Park A FC an association football team founded in 1945 and affiliated to the Football Association of Wales.

The oldest is Maesteg RFC founded in 1877, while Maesteg Harlequins RFC were formed in the 1920s.