Wainfelin | |
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Population | 2,434 (2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SO275015 |
Principal area | |
Ceremonial county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Historic county | |
Post town | PONTYPOOL |
Postcode district | NP4 |
Dialling code | 01495 |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Wainfelin is a suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.
At the United Kingdom Census 2001 demographics showed:
Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a principal area.
Torfaen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour), who also serves as the Shadow Home Secretary.
Monmouth district was one of five districts of Gwent in Wales between 1974 and 1996. In 1988 the district was granted a charter conferring borough status, becoming the Borough of Monmouth.
New Inn - - is a village and community directly south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It had a population of over 5,000.
Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales.
Two Locks is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.
Coed Eva is a suburb of Cwmbran in Torfaen County Borough, Wales. It lies in the preserved county of Gwent and within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.
Greenmeadow is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire, southern Wales, United Kingdom.
Cwmynyscoy is a suburb of Pontypool town in the district of the County Borough of Torfaen, south east Wales.
St Alban's RC High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. As of 2012, it provides education for 700 11- to 18-year-olds and 360 sixth formers. The school is situated in Park House, the former home of the Hanbury family in Pontypool Park.
Snatchwood is a small suburb to the north of Pontypool, Torfaen in Wales. It is situated between Abersychan and Pontnewynydd.
Pontnewynydd is a predominantly working class suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen, in Wales. It should not be confused with Pontnewydd in nearby Cwmbran.
Garndiffaith is a village located in Torfaen, south east Wales. It is a small rural area situated between Talywain and Varteg, three miles north of the town of Pontypool and 3.5 miles south of the town of Blaenavon. The village is now part of the Abersychan suburb of Pontypool which also includes Cwmavon, Pentwyn, Talywain, Varteg, and Victoria Village.
The Afon Lwyd is a 13-mile (21 km) long river in south-east Wales which flows from its source north of Blaenavon, through Abersychan, Pontnewynydd, Pontypool, Llanfrechfa and Cwmbran before flowing into the River Usk at Caerleon, which subsequently flows into the Bristol Channel in Newport.
Pontymoile Basin is a mooring point and canal junction on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal.
Lower Pontnewydd railway station was a railway station in the village of Pontnewydd in Torfaen, South Wales, UK, originally opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.
Sebastopol railway station was a railway halt which served the village of Sebastopol near Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.
Panteg and Griffithstown railway station was a railway station which served Griffithstown near Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.
Blaendare Road Halt railway station served Pontymoile and Cwmynyscoy to the south of Pontypool town centre in Torfaen, South Wales, UK.
Snatchwood Halt railway station served Snatchwood between Pontypool and Abersychan in Torfaen, South Wales, UK. The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1912 on the line it had purchased from the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company in 1880. The Halt lay between Pontypool Crane Street to the south and Abersychan to the north. The Halt lay adjacent to the current A4043 road, between the road and the nearby Afon Lwyd.