Pontypool - town in Torfaen, south-east Wales

Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is in Monmouthshire and one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales.

Understand

Pontypool consists of several smaller districts, including Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.

Get in

• At the intersection of the A472 (cross valley link road Usk-Treharris) and the A4042 (Abergavenny - Newport)
• Pontypool railway station, 51.6974°, -3.0133°. On the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny 2016-12-03
• bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (dead link: January 2023) (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)

Get around

See

• Pontypool Park, 51.7014°, -3.03444°. 150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland 2016-12-03
• Pontypool Museum, 51.7°, -3.04°. industrial, social and cultural heritage and history of the Torfaen valley and Pontypool as well as collection of Pontypool & Usk Japanware, which was produced from the mid-18th century. 2016-12-03

Do

Buy

Eat

• Little Crown Inn, Elled Road, Wainfelin, 51.708581°, -3.052798°, +44 1495 763148. 2016-12-03

Drink

Sleep

• Metro Hotel (Best Western Pontypool), Lower Mill Field, 51.691794°, -3.021695°, +44 1495 750552. 2016-12-03
• Premier Inn Pontypool, Tyr'Felin, Lower Mill Field, NP4 0RH, 51.694747°, -3.023422°, +44 871 527 8890. 2016-12-03

Connect

Go next

• Cwmbran
• Usk
• Blaenavon
• Caerphilly