Wales
Torfaen County Borough
Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran is a suburb of , in . It lies in between the suburbs of and Thornhill. It is a community and electoral ward of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,710 residents
  • Description: suburb of Cwmbran and a community in Torfaen County Borough in south east Wales
  • Also known as: “Cwmbran Uchaf” and “Cwmbrân Uchaf”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mynydd Twyn-glas and Cwmbran railway station.

Peak
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into and county boroughs in South . It lies southwest of , west of and east of , and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.

Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the northeast of 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.

Arts center
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Thornhill and Greenmeadow.

Suburb
is a large council estate on the western side of , in . It is adjacent to the suburbs of and Upper Cwmbran and represents the most economically-improved area of Cwmbran and in the wider Torfaen area.

Suburb
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is a suburb of in the county borough of , within the historic county boundaries of , southern , United Kingdom. Not to be confused with Green Meadow Golf Club, which is on the other side of Cwmbran in .

Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in the county borough of , south-east . It should not be confused with in nearby . An 18th century settlement within the historical parish of Llanfrechfa Upper, became an important part of the Industrial Revolution in the Eastern Valley of South Wales.

Upper Cwmbran

Latitude
51.66539° or 51° 39′ 55″ north
Longitude
-3.04824° or 3° 2′ 54″ west
Population
5,710
Elevation
518 feet (158 metres)
Open location code
9C3RMX82+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 737381268
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13268765
Wiki­data ID
Q7898590
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Upper Cwmbran” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Breton: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”
  • Catalan: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”
  • Cebuano: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Chinese: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Cornish: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”
  • Dutch: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • French: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • German: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Irish: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”
  • Italian: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Persian: “آپر کومبران”
  • Russian: “Аппер-Кумбран”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”
  • Spanish: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Swedish: “Upper Cwmbran”
  • Welsh: “Cwmbrân Uchaf”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Upper Cwmbran”. Photo: Matt Rosser, CC BY-SA 2.0.