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Cwmcarn

Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

Cwmcarn
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The place

Cwmcarn is a village situated in the Ebbw valley in south Wales, in the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It grew with 19th-century coal mining, but is now known for its extensive mature forestry and greenery, that attract thousands of visitors and mountain biking enthusiasts each year.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Cwmcarn

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 30 km · Bristol (BRS), 40 km · Birmingham (BHX), 131 km
Stations
Crosskeys railway station, 1.6 km · Newbridge railway station, 3.6 km · Nine Mile Point railway station, 2.9 km · Treowen Halt railway station, 3.8 km · Abercarn railway station, 1.8 km
  • Bristol → Cwmcarn
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–8
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Cwmcarn
    126 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £15–20
  • London → Cwmcarn
    208 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · £21–28
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cwmcarn

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cwmcarn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    118 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    165 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    458 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    477 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    494 km

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Next door to Cwmcarn

Cwmcarn is 18 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.