Rassau
Rassau, sometimes The Rassau, is a village and community located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent.
Rassau, sometimes The Rassau, is a village and community located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent. It currently lies on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales. According to the 2011 census, the population of Rassau is 3,234. Residents often refer to either Old Rassau and New Rassau or Bottom Rassau and Top Rassau to distinguish the different parts of the village.
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Worth seeing in and around Rassau
3 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.
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The Beaufort Theatre is the principal theatre in Blaenau Gwent in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Until 2 April 2017 it was part of the Blaenau Gwent Venues, which also includes The Market Hall Cinema and Metropole Theatre, and formerly the Abertillery Community Theatre.
1.4 km · Theatre in Blaenau Gwent, Wales · Wikipedia - 02Tredegar Town Hall
Tredegar Town Hall is a municipal structure in The Circle, Tredegar, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Tredegar Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 km · Grade II listed building in Tredegar. Building occupies SW quadrant of the Circle, in the town centre. · Wikipedia - 03Nantyglo Round Towers
Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo, near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in the early 19th century as places of retreat by the ironmaster Joseph Bailey, after a riot was caused by his brother's threat to cut wages.
3.7 km · building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rassau
- Airports
- Cardiff (CWL), 46 km · Bristol (BRS), 58 km · Birmingham (BHX), 124 km
- Stations
- Ebbw Vale Town railway station, 3.2 km · Brynmawr railway station, 3.4 km
- Cardiff → Rassau36 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £4.5–6
- Bristol → Rassau58 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Rassau118 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £14–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rassau
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 Rassau. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Abergavenny they continue to Hereford then either to Holyhead (for ferries to Dublin) or to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.
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Next door to Rassau
Rassau is 36 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.