Varteg
Varteg is a village in the county borough of Torfaen in Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Torfaen, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Varteg Hill” and “Y Farteg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garndiffaith Viaduct and Rising Sun Bridge.
Garndiffaith Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garndiffaith Viaduct is a largely stone-built railway viaduct that formerly carried the former Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway over the valley of the Avon Ffrwd at the lower end of the village of Garndiffaith, Torfaen in South Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmavon and Garndiffaith.
Cwmavon
Village
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Cwmavon is a hamlet about 2 miles south of Blaenavon and 4 miles north of Pontypool. The hamlet is part of the community of Abersychan in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales, and is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire.
Garndiffaith
Suburb
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garndiffaith is a village located in Torfaen, south east Wales. It is a small rural area situated between Talywain and Varteg, three miles north of the town of Pontypool and 3.5 miles south of the town of Blaenavon.
Talywain
Suburb
Talywain is situated in Garndiffaith, Abersychan and Pentwyn in Torfaen in south east Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Varteg
- Category: locality
- Location: Abersychan, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.74696° or 51° 44′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.06351° or 3° 3′ 49″ westElevation
1,155 feet (352 metres)Open location code
9C3RPWWP+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 767104585OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Varteg” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Varteg”
- Dutch: “Varteg”
- French: “Varteg”
- Irish: “Y Farteg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Varteg”
- Norwegian: “Varteg”
- Welsh: “Farteg”
- Welsh: “Varteg”
- Welsh: “Y Farteg”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Varteg Community Centre and Ysgol Bryn Onnen.
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