Blaen Bran
Blaen Bran is a reservoir in Upper Cwmbran, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Blaen Bran is situated nearby to the neighborhood The Square, as well as near the suburb Upper Cwmbran.- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir near Upper Cwmbran
- Also known as: “Blaen Bran Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mynydd Twyn-glas and Cwmbran railway station.
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.
Cwmbran railway station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmbran railway station 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.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Arts center
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre is located within a 19th-century Victorian manor house in Cwmbran and is the regional centre for the applied arts in south-east Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmbran and Pontypool.
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.
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.
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.
Blaen Bran
- Category: body of water
- Location: Upper Cwmbran, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6677° or 51° 40′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.0608° or 3° 3′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C3RMW9Q+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 214717001OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q107676716
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In Other Languages
“Blaen Bran” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Cronfa ddŵr Blaen Bran”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Coed Gwern-Esgob and Blaen Bran Community Woodland.
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