Wales
Torfaen County Borough
Trevethin

Penygarn

Penygarn is a village near in . Penygarn has its own nursery, infant school and junior school. Penygarn has its new housing accommodation, Penygarn heights, built upon the grounds of the old Trevethin community school which has since been demolished.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: village in Torfaen, in the ward of St Cadocs/Penygarn, Wales
  • Also known as: “Penygarn, Torfaen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontypool Park and Torfaen Museum.

Park
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 150-acre park in , , . The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware.

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

Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontypool and Wainfelin.

Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of , within the historic boundaries of in . As of 2021, it has a population of 29,062.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the county borough of , in south-east .

Suburb
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a predominantly working class suburb of , , in . It should not be confused with in nearby . In 2001 the population was 1527 with an electorate of 1,174.

Penygarn

Latitude
51.70795° or 51° 42′ 29″ north
Longitude
-3.03466° or 3° 2′ 5″ west
Elevation
653 feet (199 metres)
Open location code
9C3RPX58+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2165264289
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13272892
Wiki­data ID
Q7165404
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In Other Languages

“Penygarn” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Pen-y-garn”

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