Pontypool
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 28,300 residents
- Description: town in Torfaen, south-east Wales
- Also known as: “Pont-y-pŵl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontypool Park and Torfaen County Borough Council.
Pontypool Park
Park
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. 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.
Torfaen County Borough Council
Government office
Torfaen County Borough Council is the governing body for Torfaen, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.
Torfaen Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Trevethin and Griffithstown.
Trevethin
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trevethin or Trefethin is a suburb of Pontypool and a community in Torfaen, Wales. It includes two electoral wards for Torfaen County Borough Council. It is in the historic county of Monmouthshire.
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.
Abersychan
Town
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.
Pontypool
- Category: locality
- Location: Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7017° or 51° 42′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.0405° or 3° 2′ 26″ westPopulation
28,300Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PTPOpen location code
9C3RPX25+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 27199757OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Pontypool” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Azerbaijani: “Pontipul”
- Basque: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Basque: “Pontypool”
- Breton: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Bulgarian: “Понтъпул”
- Catalan: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Catalan: “Pontypool”
- 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”
- Galician: “Pontypool”
- German: “Pont-y-pwl”
- German: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- German: “Pontypool”
- Indonesian: “Pontypool”
- Irish: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Irish: “Pontypool”
- Italian: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Italian: “Pontypool”
- Japanese: “ポンティプール”
- Korean: “폰티풀”
- Latvian: “Pontipūla”
- Northern Frisian: “Pontypool”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pontypool”
- Norwegian: “Pontypool”
- Persian: “پونتیپول”
- Polish: “Pontypool”
- Portuguese: “Pontypool”
- Russian: “Понтипул”
- Scots: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Scots: “Pontypool”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Pontypool”
- Slovak: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Slovak: “Pontypool”
- Slovenian: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Slovenian: “Pontypool”
- Spanish: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Spanish: “Pontypool”
- Swedish: “Pontypool”
- Ukrainian: “Понтіпул”
- Vietnamese: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Vietnamese: “Pontypool”
- Welsh: “Pont-y-Pwl”
- Welsh: “Pont-y-pŵl”
- Welsh: “Pontypool”
- Welsh: “Pontypwl”
- Welsh: “Pontypŵl”
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