Upper Race

Upper Race is a hamlet in Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Upper Race is situated nearby to the locality Lower Race, as well as near the suburb Trosnant.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Torfaen County Borough Council and Pontypool Market.

Torfaen County Borough Council

Government office

Torfaen County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Torfaen, one of the principal areas of Wales.

Pontypool Market

Marketplace

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool Market is a marketplace.

Torfaen Museum is a local history museum located in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales. It is managed by a trust. The museum is situated within the Georgian stable block that once formed part of residence of the Hanbury family – local ironmasters during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Griffithstown and Pontypool.

Griffithstown

Suburb

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Griffithstown is a large suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in May 1898, from Llanfrechfa Upper and Panteg, and includes Sebastopol, but, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1894, became a separate civil parish.

Pontypool

Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Wainfelin

Suburb

Wainfelin is a suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.

Upper Race

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.68993° or 51° 41′ 24″ north

Longitude

-3.04899° or 3° 2′ 56″ west

Elevation

699 feet (213 metres)

Open location code

9C3RMXQ2+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9675128094

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13268871

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Localities in the Area

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