Garnlydan

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Garnlydan
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Garnlydan
Location within Blaenau Gwent
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51°48′14″N3°12′36″W / 51.804°N 3.210°W / 51.804; -3.210

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Garnlydan is a village near Ebbw Vale, in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Since 2021 it has been a community, split from parts of Beaufort. [1] In the past it was in the Brecknockshire parish of Llangattock. [2]

Garnlydan Primary School was set to close in 2009. [3] However protests stopped these plans. [4] In 2010 the school was again scheduled to close. [5]

References

  1. "The County Borough of Blaenau Gwent (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021". www.legislation.gov.uk.
  2. "Genuki: Llangatwg / Llangattock, Breconshire". www.genuki.org.uk.
  3. "Dad 'gutted' as school faces axe". South Wales Argus. 10 November 2008.
  4. "Garnlydan school protestors take campaign to Assembly". South Wales Argus. 20 May 2009.
  5. "Garnlydan Primary School set for closure next year". Wales Online. 28 March 2013.