town in Torfaen, south-east Wales
Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is in Monmouthshire and one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales.
Understand
editPontypool consists of several smaller districts, including Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.
Get in
edit- At the intersection of the A472 (cross valley link road Usk-Treharris) and the A4042 (Abergavenny - Newport)
- 1 Pontypool railway station (New Inn). On the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny
- bus 63[dead link] (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20[dead link] (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)
Get around
editSee
edit- 1 Pontypool Park. 150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland
- 2 Pontypool Museum. 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.
Do
edit- Rugby Union: Pontypool RFC play in the Welsh Premiership, the amateur game's top tier. They play at Riverside east edge of town.
Buy
editEat
edit- 1 Little Crown Inn, Elled Road, Wainfelin, ☏ +44 1495 763148.
Drink
editSleep
edit- 1 Metro Hotel (Best Western Pontypool), Lower Mill Field, ☏ +44 1495 750552.
- 2 Premier Inn Pontypool, Tyr'Felin, Lower Mill Field, NP4 0RH, ☏ +44 871 527 8890.