Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is in Monmouthshire and one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales.
Understand
[edit]Pontypool consists of several smaller districts, including Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.
Get in
[edit]- At the intersection of the A472 (cross valley link road Usk-Treharris) and the A4042 (Abergavenny - Newport)
- 1 Pontypool railway station (New Inn). On the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny
- bus 63[dead link] (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20[dead link] (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Pontypool Park. 150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland
- 2 Pontypool Museum. industrial, social and cultural heritage and history of the Torfaen valley and Pontypool as well as collection of Pontypool & Usk Japanware, which was produced from the mid-18th century.
Do
[edit]- Rugby Union: Pontypool RFC play in the Welsh Premiership, the amateur game's top tier. They play at Riverside east edge of town.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Little Crown Inn, Elled Road, Wainfelin, ☏ +44 1495 763148.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Metro Hotel (Best Western Pontypool), Lower Mill Field, ☏ +44 1495 750552.
- 2 Premier Inn Pontypool, Tyr'Felin, Lower Mill Field, NP4 0RH, ☏ +44 871 527 8890.