Cwm-bwrwch Wood

Cwm-bwrwch Wood is a forest in New Inn, Torfaen County Borough, Wales. Cwm-bwrwch Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Coed-y-paen, as well as near the locality Gwent.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Llandegfedd Reservoir and Pontypool and New Inn railway station.

Llandegfedd Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llandegfedd Reservoir is a large 174 hectare water supply reservoir and is eight miles north of Newport in south Wales. The reservoir is very close to Pontypool, Cwmbran and Usk, with the boundary between Monmouthshire and Torfaen running through it along the former Sôr Brook.

Pontypool and New Inn railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool and New Inn railway station is situated to the south east of Pontypool town centre between the town and the suburb of New Inn, Wales. The station was formerly called Pontypool Road until renamed just Pontypool in 1972 and then to the present name in 1994.

Prescoed Prison

Prison

HM Prison Prescoed is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. Prescoed is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk.

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.

Usk

Photo: Kimseren, Public domain.

Usk is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, 10 miles northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks the ancient crossing point.

Cwm-bwrwch Wood

Type: Forest
Location: New Inn, Torfaen County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6786° or 51° 40′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.9836° or 2° 59′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C3VM2H8+FH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 498352327

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Coed-y-paen and Gwent.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sluvad No.1 and Llandegfedd Watersports Centre.

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