Crosskeys
Crosskeys railway station is a station serving the village of Crosskeys in the Caerphilly County Borough in Wales. It is on the Ebbw Valley Railway. The station is situated behind houses on Risca Road and Carlton Terrace.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crosskeys College and Mynydd y Lan.
Crosskeys College
College
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys is the largest campus of Coleg Gwent. It is located next to Risca Road in Crosskeys, near Newport in Wales. The college was previously a technical college and a coal mining college. Crosskeys College is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Crosskeys.
Mynydd y Lan
Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mynydd y Lan is a 381-metre-high flat-topped hill in Caerphilly county borough in South Wales. It falls largely within the community of Ynysddu but its northern and eastern margins are within Crosskeys community.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wattsville and Cwmcarn.
Wattsville
Village
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wattsville is a small village in the Sirhowy Valley, eight miles north west of Newport, built in the 20th century for accommodation for mine workers.
Cwmcarn
Village
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.
Risca
Town
Photo: Rudi Winter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Risca is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. It has a population of 11,228.
Crosskeys
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Crosskeys, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.62082° or 51° 37′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.126° or 3° 7′ 34″ westNetwork
National RailOpen location code
9C3RJVCF+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 166160185OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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