Creigiau is a dormitory settlement near Cardiff, in Wales, UK. It currently has about 1,000 houses, containing a population of approximately 2,400 people. Its industrial centre was a quarry, which opened in the 1870s, but closed down in 2001. For decades Creigiau was a tranquil retreat, popular with day-trippers from Cardiff and Barry (to which it was linked by a railway later torn up by Dr Beeching). In the mid 1970s, housing estates sprang up to accommodate commuters and pensioners. The village in its modern form was predicated on universal access to a motor car, and public transport became expensive and infrequent. Further expansion took place in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Creigiau is now a village of a type common around the edges of British cities, seen by some as lacking individuality and at odds with its surroundings. The village is well-known locally for its golf club. It has one of the highest volumes of Welsh speakers per capita of any region in Wales, and also one of the highest employment rates of any area in Wales. Local amenities include one of the finest primary schools in Wales, which teaches through the medium of Welsh and English. There is also a small local Tesco shop which brings people in from miles around together with a Post Office, surgery, and local pub known as The Creigiau Inn, where a popular quiz night is held every Tuesday. The crime rate is low, and this is almost certainly as a result of the responsible interest people take in the village.