Ebbw River
The Ebbw River is a river in South Wales which gives its name to the town of Ebbw Vale. The Ebbw River is joined by the Ebbw Fach River at Aberbeeg. The Ebbw Fach is itself fed by a left-bank tributary, the River Tyleri, from Cwmtillery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “River Ebwy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Usk Lighthouse and Newport Docks.
West Usk Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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West Usk Lighthouse is a Grade II-listed building on the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Usk south of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Newport Docks
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Newport Docks is the collective name for a group of docks in the city of Newport, south-east Wales. By the eighteenth century there were a number of wharves on the west shore of the River Usk; iron and coal were the principal outward traffic.
John Frost School
School
The John Frost School, formerly known as Duffryn High School, is a comprehensive school on the south-western outskirts of Newport, south Wales. It is in the suburb of Duffryn and opened in 1959.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duffryn and Maesglas.
Duffryn
Suburb
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duffryn is a large housing estate in the southwest of the city of Newport, south Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district.
Maesglas
Suburb
Maesglas or Maes-glas is a neighbourhood in the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales. In the 16th century it was recorded as Greenfield but the Welsh language name Maesglas has remained the more widely used, among English speakers.
St Brides Wentloog
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brides Wentloog is a hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport in South Wales. St Brides Wentloog is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ebbw River.
Ebbw River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Ebbw River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ebbw”
- Catalan: “Ebwy”
- Cebuano: “Ebbw River”
- German: “Afon Ebwy”
- German: “Ebbw River”
- German: “River Ebbw”
- Irish: “Afon Ebwy”
- Japanese: “エブー川”
- Livvi: “Afon Ebwy”
- Slovenian: “Ebbw”
- Swedish: “Ebbw River”
- Welsh: “Afon Ebbw”
- Welsh: “Afon Ebwy”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Clapton and Uskmouth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Newport and Castell Glas.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Ebbw River”. Photo: David Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.