Pontypool
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Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is in Monmouthshire and one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales.
Understand
Pontypool consists of several smaller districts, including Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.
Get in
- At the intersection of the A472 (cross valley link road Usk-Treharris) and the A4042 (Abergavenny - Newport)
Pontypool railway stationOn the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny
- bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)
See
Pontypool Park150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland
Pontypool Museumindustrial, social and cultural heritage and history of the Torfaen valley and Pontypool as well as collection of Pontypool & Usk Japanware, which was produced from the mid-18th century.
Eat
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phone: +44 1495 763148address: Elled Road, Wainfelin
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phone: +44 1495 750634address: Pen-y-garn Road
Sleep
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phone: +44 1495 750552address: Lower Mill Field
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phone: +44 871 527 8890address: Tyr'Felin