Griffithstown
Griffithstown is a large suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in May 1898, from Llanfrechfa Upper and Panteg, and includes Sebastopol, but, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894, became a separate civil parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include County Hospital and Pontypool Park.
County Hospital
Hospital
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County Hospital is a community hospital in Griffithstown in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.
Pontypool Park
Park
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Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware.
Pontypool and New Inn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool in 1972 and then to the present name in 1994.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sebastopol and New Inn.
Sebastopol
Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is named in honour of the Crimean city Sevastopol that was taken during the Crimean War.
New Inn
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Inn is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It had a population of 5,986 at the 2011 Census.
Pontypool
Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. As of 2021, it has a population of 29,062.
Griffithstown
- Type: Suburb with 5,450 residents
- Description: suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Panteg, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.68877° or 51° 41′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.03224° or 3° 1′ 56″ westPopulation
5,450Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
9C3RMXQ9+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 20977148OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2647893Wikidata ID
Q5608946
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Griffithstown” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جريفثستاون”
- Breton: “Griffithstown”
- Chinese: “格里菲斯敦”
- Chinese: “格里菲斯鎮”
- Chinese: “格里菲斯镇”
- French: “Griffithstown”
- Galician: “Griffithstown”
- Irish: “Griffithstown”
- Welsh: “Griffithstown”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hanbury Hotel, Griffithstown and St Hilda’s Church Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Griffithstown”. Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.