Blaina
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Mynydd Carn-y-cefn.
Mynydd Carn-y-cefn
Peak
Photo: Peter Standing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd Carn-y-cefn is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Ebbw Vale and the valley of the Ebbw Fach in the Valleys region of South Wales.
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. Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Blaina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coalbrookvale and Waun-Lwyd.
Coalbrookvale
Hamlet
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Coalbrookvale is a village in the Ebbw Valley in Blaenau Gwent. It belongs in the community of Nantyglo and Blaina. It is located 1.32 miles south of Brynmawr and 3.38 miles north of Abertillery. It is 21 miles from Newport. The A467 runs near to the village.
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.
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 southeast of Blaina.
Blaina
- Type: Town with 4,560 residents
- Description: town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Nantyglo and Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.76454° or 51° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.1603° or 3° 9′ 37″ westPopulation
4,560Elevation
932 feet (284 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB YKJOpen location code
9C3RQR7Q+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2672668374OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Blaina” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Blaina”
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- Bulgarian: “Блайна”
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- Interlingua: “Blaina”
- Interlingue: “Blaina”
- Irish: “Blaenau”
- Irish: “Blaina”
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- Jamaican Creole English: “Blaina”
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- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blaina”
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- Occitan (post 1500): “Blaina”
- Papiamento: “Blaina”
- Persian: “بلاینا”
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- Vlaams: “Blaina”
- Volapük: “Blaina”
- Walloon: “Blaina”
- Welsh: “Blaenau, Blaenau Gwent”
- Welsh: “Blaenau”
- Welsh: “Blaina”
- Welsh: “Y Blaenau”
- Wolof: “Blaina”
- Zulu: “Blaina”
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