Upper Cwmbran
Upper Cwmbran is a locality in Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Upper Cwmbran is situated nearby to the suburb Thornhill, as well as near Lowlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cwmbran railway station and Mynydd Twyn-glas.
Cwmbran railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmbran railway station is in the northeast of Cwmbran town centre, within five minutes' walking distance. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is managed by Transport for Wales, who operate all trains serving it.
Mynydd Twyn-glas
Peak
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Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge, and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbrân and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmbran and Pontypool.
Cwmbran
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Cwmbran is a new town in Monmouthshire, South Wales. It has a population of about 50,000, and has mainly been constructed since the 1950s.
Pontypool
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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.
Croesyceiliog
Suburb
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Croesyceiliog is a suburb and community of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It is also an electoral ward to Torfaen County Borough Council.
Upper Cwmbran
- Type: Locality
- Location: Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6659° or 51° 39′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.0496° or 3° 2′ 59″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Open location code
9C3RMX82+95GeoNames ID
7301606
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