Cwm Lickey Pond

Cwm Lickey Pond is a reservoir in Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Cwm Lickey Pond is situated near the hamlet Upper Race, as well as near the locality Lower Race.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Torfaen County Borough Council and Pontypool Market.

Torfaen County Borough Council

Government office

Torfaen County Borough Council is the local authority for the county borough of Torfaen, one of the principal areas of Wales.

Pontypool Market

Marketplace

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool Market is a marketplace.

Mynydd Twyn-glas

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge, and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontypool and Cwmbran.

Pontypool

Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Cwmbran

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cwmbran is a new town in Monmouthshire, South Wales. It has a population of about 50,000, and has mainly been constructed since the 1950s.

Fairwater

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Cwm Lickey Pond

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Pontymoile, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6823° or 51° 40′ 56″ north

Longitude

-3.0565° or 3° 3′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3RMWJV+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 212711135

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Upper Race and Lower Race.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blaen Bran Community Woodland and Coleg Gwent, Pontypool.

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