Fairwater, Cardiff Fairwater, Cardiff Fairwater (Welsh: "Tyllgoed") is a district and community in the west of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is located a few miles from Culverhouse Cross which connects Cardiff to the M4 motorway.The population taken at the 2011 census was 12,981. The name Tyllgoed, meaning "dark wood" goes back to the 15th century. This leafy district is divided between the mainly privately owned 1930s semi-detached housing developments at the southern end, and more 1950s public housing stock towards the northern end closer to neighbouring Pentrebane. It includes Fairwater Park (known locally as "the Dell"), Fairwater Leisure Centre, a skatepark
Fairwater High School Fairwater High School Fairwater High School (), now known as Cwmbran High School, is a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school located on Ty Gwyn Road in the Fairwater district of Cwmbran, Wales. The school is one of two secondary schools in Cwmbran, the other being Croesyceiliog. It educates children from the age of 11 up to 18. The school also houses the community swimming pool. Construction began in 1969 and was to replace the secondary modern in Coed Eva, opened in 1960, that had to become a primary school in order to accommodate the growing younger population in Cwmbran New