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- It is famous for its cheese
- It has the biggest castle in Wales (second biggest in the UK)
- It boasts a statue of comedian Tommy Cooper who was born here
- Footballers Aaron Ramsey and Robert Earnshaw are also from Caerffili
- Rugby player Steve Fenwick went to school in Caerffili
- Amy Dowden of Strictly Come Dancing is from Caerffili
- It has a wildlife park
- It has two art galleries
- It is where the girl evangelist Margaret Bevan who moved to America grew up
- It features heavily in a collection of short stories by Thomas Morris We don't know what we're doing. The book was a major literary success, winning the 2016 Wales Book of the Year and a Somerset Maugham Prize. Morris was later named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.
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