Caerffili

Caerffili is recognised as the cheese capital of Wales. Its castle was built by the chamber of trade in 1823 in order to protect stocks of the cheese which was subject to attack by the cheese barons of Cheddar.

Caerffili is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of 14 December 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there. However, at this point in time, Caerffili was one of the few councils that would allow the group to perform (Leeds and Manchester being the others). Caerffili Castle was used as a filming location for Merlin and the Doctor Who episodes The Rebel Flesh and The Almost People (2011).

Caerffili hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950.

There are a number of notable figures who grew up in Caerffili. They include comedian Tommy Cooper and the footballers Aaron Ramsey and Robert Earnshaw, whose family relocated to the town from Zambia.