Cwm
Cwm is a former coal mining village, community and electoral ward three miles south of Ebbw Vale in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. In the far north of the community lies Waunlwyd.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,740 residents
- Description: village and community in Blaenau Gwent, Wales
- Also known as: “Cwm, Blaenau Gwent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cwm Cemetery and Festival Lake.
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jeremai Smith, CC BY 2.0.
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waun-Lwyd and Blaina.
Waun-Lwyd
Village
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Waun-Lwyd or Waunlwyd is a village in the Ebbw Valley in Blaenau Gwent. It belongs in the community of Cwm. It is located 1.67 miles south of Ebbw Vale and 14.5 miles north of Newport.
Blaina
Town
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Blaina is a small town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire. Blaina is situated 2 miles northeast of Cwm.
Cwmtillery
Village
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
Cwmtillery is a ward of Abertillery. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it is part of the administrative area of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Cwmtillery is situated 2 miles east of Cwm.
Cwm
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7408° or 51° 44′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.18282° or 3° 10′ 58″ westPopulation
2,740Elevation
719 feet (219 metres)Open location code
9C3RPRR8+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3803728084OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2651659Wikidata ID
Q5197175
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cwm” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Cwm”
- Basque: “Cwm”
- Catalan: “Cwm”
- Cebuano: “Cwm”
- Chinese: “Cwm”
- Cornish: “Cwm”
- Czech: “Cwm”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوم”
- French: “Cwm”
- Galician: “Cwm”
- German: “Cwm”
- Irish: “Cwm”
- Italian: “Cwm”
- Kashubian: “Cwm”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cwm”
- Polish: “Cwm”
- Scots: “Cwm”
- Silesian: “Cwm”
- Slovak: “Cwm”
- Spanish: “Cwm”
- Swedish: “Cwm, Blaenau Gwent”
- Swedish: “Cwm”
- Welsh: “Cwm, Blaenau Gwent”
- Welsh: “Cwm, Blaeunau Gwent”
- Welsh: “Cwm”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cwm Library and Tirzah Baptist Church.
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