Cwmavon
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Torfaen in south east Wales
- Also known as: “Cwmafon” and “Cwmavon, Torfaen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blaenavon Ironworks and Blaenavon High Level railway station.
Blaenavon Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the ability to use cheap, low quality, high sulphur iron ores worldwide. Blaenavon Ironworks is situated 2½ miles northwest of Cwmavon.
Blaenavon High Level railway station
Railway station
Blaenavon High Level is a railway station on the preserved Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, serving the World Heritage Site and town of Blaenavon, south Wales. Blaenavon High Level railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Cwmavon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Varteg and Garndiffaith.
Varteg
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Varteg is a village in the county borough of Torfaen in Wales.
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.
Cwmavon
- Categories: hamlet, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.75018° or 51° 45′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.05669° or 3° 3′ 24″ westElevation
1,142 feet (348 metres)Open location code
9C3RQW2V+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 767104586OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cwmavon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cwmavon”
- Dutch: “Cwmavon”
- French: “Cwmavon”
- Irish: “Cwmafon”
- Welsh: “Cwmafon”
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