Garn-yr-erw
Garn-yr-erw is a village in Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Garn-yr-erw is situated nearby to the suburb Forge Side, as well as near the locality Pwll Du.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whistle Inn Halt railway station and Big Pit National Coal Museum.
Whistle Inn Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whistle Inn is a halt on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage railway in Torfaen, Wales. It is situated adjacent to the Whistle Inn, near the village of Garn-yr-erw.
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Museum
Photo: Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Big Pit National Coal Museum is an industrial heritage museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. A working coal mine from 1880 to 1980, it was opened to the public in 1983 as a charitable trust called the Big Pit Trust.
Big Pit Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Big Pit Halt railway station is a railway station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway heritage line, adjacent to Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenavon, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pwll Du and Blaenavon.
Pwll Du
Locality
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pwll Du was a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It was declared a slum in 1960 and demolished in 1963. The main employment was provided by nearby limestone quarries and by the iron works in Blaenavon.
Blaenavon
Photo: Alan Stanton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blaenavon is a town in Torfaen, South Wales. The Blaenavon Industrial Landscape has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Clydach
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydach is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. Its nearest neighbours are the village of Gilwern and town of Abergavenny. Clydach is situated 2 miles north of Garn-yr-erw.
Garn-yr-erw
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Garnyrerw”
- Category: locality
- Location: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.78285° or 51° 46′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.10938° or 3° 6′ 34″ westElevation
1,289 feet (393 metres)Open location code
9C3RQVMR+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 13125053075OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12266654
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