Garn-yr-erw

Garn-yr-erw
Old school building at Garn-yr-Erw
Garn-yr-erw Location within Torfaen
Principal area	Torfaen
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PONTYPOOL
Postcode district	NP4
Dialling code	01495
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Torfaen
List of places UK Wales Torfaen 51°47′01″N3°06′35″W / 51.7837°N 3.1098°W / 51.7837; -3.1098

Garn-yr-erw (also spelt Garnyrerw) is a village in south-eastern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Llwyd north of Blaenavon and Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. The village lies at an altitude of approx 400 metres ^{[ clarification needed ]} on the side of Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire and is cited by the Ordnance Survey as the highest village in Wales. ^[1]

The village had a station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway from 1913 until the line's closure in 1941. ^[2]

See also

• Mining in Wales

References

1. Ordnance Survey. "MapZone" . Retrieved 4 March 2007.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 191. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• Welsh Coal Mines
• The Lost Viaduct – Time Team