Pontypool

Pontypool 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontypool Market and Torfaen County Borough Council.

Marketplace
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is a marketplace.

Government office
is the local authority for the county borough of , one of the principal areas of .

Park
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is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, , . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Inn and Trevethin.

Suburb
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is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of in , within the historic boundaries of . It had a population of 5,986 at the 2011 Census.

Suburb
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or Trefethin is a suburb of Pontypool and a community in , . The community is coterminous with the electoral ward of and Penygarn, which elects councillors to .

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

Pontypool

Latitude
51.7017° or 51° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.0405° or 3° 2′ 26″ west
Population
28,300
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PTP
Open location code
9C3RPX25+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27199757
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640106
Wiki­data ID
Q1021164
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Pontypool” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pontipul”
  • Basque: “Pontypool”
  • Breton: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Bulgarian: “Понтъпул”
  • Cebuano: “Pontypool”
  • Chinese: “庞蒂浦”
  • Chinese: “龐蒂浦”
  • Czech: “Pontypool”
  • Danish: “Pontypool”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pontypool”
  • Dutch: “Pontypool”
  • Esperanto: “Pontypool”
  • Finnish: “Pontypool”
  • French: “Pontypool”
  • German: “Pontypool”
  • Irish: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Italian: “Pontypool”
  • Japanese: “ポンティプール”
  • Korean: “폰티풀”
  • Latvian: “Pontipūla”
  • Northern Frisian: “Pontypool”
  • Norwegian: “Pontypool”
  • Persian: “پونتیپول”
  • Polish: “Pontypool”
  • Portuguese: “Pontypool”
  • Russian: “Понтипул”
  • Russian: “Понтъпул”
  • Slovak: “Pontypool”
  • Spanish: “Pontypool”
  • Swedish: “Pontypool”
  • Ukrainian: “Понтіпул”
  • Welsh: “Pont-y-Pwl”
  • Welsh: “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • Welsh: “Pontypwl”
  • Welsh: “Pontypŵl”
  • “Pont-y-pŵl”
  • “Pontypool”

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