Cwmbran

Cwmbran is a new town in , . It has a population of about 50,000, and has mainly been constructed since the 1950s.
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  • Type: Town with 46,900 residents
  • Description: new town in south east Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Cwm-brân” and “Cwmbrân”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cwmbran railway station and Cwmbran Stadium.

Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium and sports complex in Cwmbran, . The stadium holds 10,500 people and the main outdoor arena consists of an athletics track surrounding a 4g football pitch. It is the home ground of Cwmbran Town F.C.

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 Croesyceiliog and Fairwater.

Suburb
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is a suburb and community of Cwmbran, , Wales. It is also an electoral ward to .

Suburb
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is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of , in south east Wales, and was built by the Cwmbran Development Corporation between 1963 and 1966.

Suburb
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is a suburb of Cwmbran and a community in the county borough of in south east Wales. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of and the preserved county of .

Cwmbran

Latitude
51.6536° or 51° 39′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.0208° or 3° 1′ 15″ west
Population
46,900
Elevation
217 feet (66 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CWM
Open location code
9C3RMX3H+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 69287057
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2651654
Wiki­data ID
Q990153
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cwmbran” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كومبرن”
  • Asturian: “Cwmbran”
  • Basque: “Cwmbran”
  • Bengali: “কামব্রান সেন্ট্রাল”
  • Breton: “Cwmbrân”
  • Bulgarian: “Кумбран”
  • Catalan: “Cwmbran”
  • Catalan: “Cwmbrân”
  • Cebuano: “Cwmbran”
  • Chinese: “昆布兰”
  • Chinese: “昆布蘭”
  • Czech: “Cwmbran”
  • Czech: “Cwmbrân”
  • Danish: “Cwmbran”
  • Dutch: “Cwmbran”
  • Esperanto: “Cwmbran”
  • French: “Cwmbran”
  • German: “Cwmbran”
  • Greek: “Κιούμπραν”
  • Gujarati: “સ્વામબ્રેન”
  • Irish: “Cwmbran”
  • Italian: “Cwmbran”
  • Japanese: “クンブラン”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವೆಬ್ರನ್”
  • Korean: “쿰브란”
  • Latvian: “Kumbrāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Kumbranas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cwmbran”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cwmbrân”
  • Norwegian: “Cwmbran”
  • Persian: “کومبرن”
  • Polish: “Cwmbran”
  • Portuguese: “Cwmbran”
  • Romanian: “Cwmbran”
  • Romanian: “Cwmbrân”
  • Russian: “Кумбран”
  • Scots: “Cwmbran”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cwmbrân”
  • Slovak: “Cwmbran”
  • Spanish: “Cwmbran”
  • Swedish: “Cwmbran”
  • Tamil: “சவ்ம்ப்ரன்”
  • Tatar: “Кумбран”
  • Telugu: “క్వంబ్రాన్”
  • Ukrainian: “Кумбран”
  • Urdu: “کومبران”
  • Urdu: “کومبرن”
  • Welsh: “Cwmbran”
  • Welsh: “Cwmbrân”
  • “Cwmbran”

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