Pontnewydd
Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales. It should not be confused with Pontnewynydd in nearby Pontypool. An 18th century settlement within the historical parish of Llanfrechfa Upper, Pontnewydd became an important part of the Industrial Revolution in the Eastern Valley of South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Cwmbran railway station and Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre.
Cwmbran railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmbran railway station is in the northeast of Cwmbran town centre, within five minutes' walking distance. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is managed by Transport for Wales, who operate all trains serving it.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbrân and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmbran and Croesyceiliog.
Cwmbran
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Cwmbran is a new town in Monmouthshire, South Wales. It has a population of about 50,000, and has mainly been constructed since the 1950s.
Croesyceiliog
Suburb
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Croesyceiliog is a suburb and community of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It is also an electoral ward to Torfaen County Borough Council.
Old Cwmbran
Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Cwmbran is an area of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Pontnewydd
- Type: Suburb with 5,860 residents
- Description: suburb of Cwmbran and a community in Torfaen County Borough in south east Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Pontnewydd, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.66195° or 51° 39′ 43″ northLongitude
-3.02028° or 3° 1′ 13″ westPopulation
5,860Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)Open location code
9C3RMX6H+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 737382974OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2640123Wikidata ID
Q7228313
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Pontnewydd” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Pontnewydd”
- Bengali: “পন্তেনিওয়েড”
- Breton: “Pontnewydd”
- Catalan: “Pontnewydd”
- Cebuano: “Pontnewydd”
- Chinese: “Pontnewydd”
- Chinese: “庞纽伍德”
- Chinese: “龐紐伍德”
- Cornish: “Pontnewydd”
- French: “Pontnewydd”
- German: “Pontnewydd”
- Gujarati: “પોન્ટનેવીડ”
- Irish: “Pontnewydd”
- Italian: “Pontnewydd”
- Japanese: “ポントネウイズ”
- Kannada: “ಪಾಂಟ್ವೆವಿಡ್”
- Korean: “폰트뉴이드”
- Lithuanian: “Pontnevidas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pontnewydd”
- Persian: “پونتنیوید”
- Portuguese: “Pontnewydd”
- Russian: “Понтневуд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Pontnewydd”
- Spanish: “Pontnewydd”
- Swedish: “Pontnewydd”
- Tamil: “பாண்ட்நியூயட்”
- Telugu: “పాంట్న్యూయ్ద్ద్”
- Urdu: “پونتنیوید”
- Welsh: “Pontnewydd”
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