Pontypool

Worth seeing in and around Pontypool

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Diocese of Monmouth

   The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport — Newport Cathedral, commonly known as St Woolos Cathedral.

   4.9 km · diocese of the Church in Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Llandegfedd Reservoir

   Llandegfedd Reservoir is a large 174 hectare water supply reservoir and is eight miles north of Newport in south Wales. The reservoir is very close to Pontypool, Cwmbran and Usk, with the boundary between Monmouthshire and Torfaen running through it along the former Sôr Brook.

   4.6 km · reservoir in Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Mynydd Twyn-glas

   Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge, and forms a rolling plateau, the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many cloaked with conifer plantations.

   3.8 km · hill (472m) on the boundary of Caerphilly and Torfaen, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Cwmbran Shopping Centre

   The Cwmbran Centre, renamed M Cwmbran from March 2024, is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It was formerly named Cwmbran Shopping, then renamed Cwmbran Centre on 3 July 2017.

   5.7 km · shopping mall in Torfaen, Wales · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Torfaen Museum

   Torfaen Museum is a local history museum located in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales. It is managed by a trust.

   300 m · local museum in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Congress Theatre

   The Congress Theatre is the principal theatre in Torfaen. It is located in Cwmbran Centre, Cwmbran.

   5.6 km · theatre in Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Garndiffaith Viaduct

   Garndiffaith Viaduct is a largely stone-built railway viaduct that formerly carried the former Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway over the valley of the Avon Ffrwd at the lower end of the village of Garndiffaith, Torfaen in South Wales. It is Grade II listed.

   3.8 km · Welsh viaduct · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Panteg cemetery

   Panteg Cemetery is one of the four principal cemeteries in the borough of Torfaen, Wales, the other three being at Blaenavon, Llwyncelyn and Cwmbran. It covers an area of approximately 20 acres.

   1.6 km · cemetery in Great Britain · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Shell Grotto

   The Shell Grotto - - is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century stone built, cylindrical, slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones on the interior. It stands on a prominent ridge 700 ft above sea level, within the boundary of Pontypool Park, Torfaen in south Wales.

   1.3 km · Grade II* listed building in Pontypool. Grotto in Pontypool, Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Pontrhydyrun Baptist Chapel

    Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church is an historic church located in Croesyceiliog in Cwmbran. Founded in the early 19th century, it has played a significant role in the religious and social life of the local community.

    4.7 km · Baptist chapel in Cwmbran · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Pontypool Park
2. 02
   Pontypool Museum

From Wikivoyage: Pontypool, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Rugby Union: Pontypool RFC play in Super Rygbi Cymru, the amateur top tier in Wales. They play at Riverside east edge of town.

From Wikivoyage: Pontypool, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Little Crown Inn

   Elled Road, Wainfelin,.

From Wikivoyage: Pontypool, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Pontypool

Airports

Cardiff (CWL), 40 km · Bristol (BRS), 42 km · Birmingham (BHX), 122 km

Stations

Cwmbrân railway station, 5.4 km · Pontypool and New Inn railway station, 2 km · Little Mill Junction railway station, 3.7 km · Lower Pontnewydd railway station, 5.1 km · Upper Pontnewydd railway station, 4.8 km

• Bristol → Pontypool

  41 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · £5–7
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Pontypool

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £13–18
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• London → Pontypool

  203 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £21–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pontypool

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 Pontypool. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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