Pontypool
Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pลตl) 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)
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Pontypool railway station (New Inn). On the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny
- bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)
Get around
See
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Pontypool Park. 150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland
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Pontypool Museum. industrial, 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.
Do
Buy
Eat
- ๐ Little Crown Inn, Elled Road, Wainfelin, โ +44 1495 763148.
- ๐ Yew Tree Italian Restaurant, Pen-y-garn Road, โ +44 1495 750634.
Drink
Sleep
- ๐ Metro Hotel (Best Western Pontypool), Lower Mill Field, โ +44 1495 750552.
- ๐ Premier Inn Pontypool, Tyr'Felin, โ +44 871 527 8890.
Connect
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