Five Locks

Five Locks is a suburb in Upper Cwmbran, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Five Locks is situated nearby to the suburb Lowlands, as well as near West Pontnewydd.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cwmbran railway station and Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre.

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.

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 Cwmbran and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales.

Cwmbran Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontnewydd and Sebastopol.

Pontnewydd

Suburb

Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales. It should not be confused with Pontnewynydd in nearby Pontypool. An 18th-century settlement within the historical parish of Llanfrechfa Upper, Pontnewydd became an important part of the Industrial Revolution in the Eastern Valley of South Wales.

Sebastopol

Suburb

Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is named in honour of the Crimean city Sevastopol that was taken during the Crimean War.