Places to see in ( Pontypool - UK )
Places to see in ( Pontypool - UK )
Pontypool is a town that is home to approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It is situated on the Afon Lwyd river in the county borough of Torfaen. Situated on the eastern edge of the South Wales coalfields, Pontypool grew around industries including iron and steel production, coal mining and the growth of the railways. A rather artistic manufacturing industry which also flourished here alongside heavy industry was Japanning, a type of lacquer ware.
Pontypool itself consists of several smaller districts, these include Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.
Pontypool has a notable history as one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales. The town and its immediate surroundings were home to significant industrial and technological innovations, with links to the iron industry dating back to the early fifteenth century when a bloomery furnace was established at Pontymoile. During the sixteenth century, largely due to the influence of the Hanbury family, the area developed its association with the iron industry and continued to consolidate its position in the seventeenth century, when the development of the town began in earnest. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the metallurgical and extractive industries of the area, along with the development of the canals and railways, provided the impetus to the expansion of Pontypool and its surrounding villages and communities.
The construction of the Monmouthshire Canal during the 1790s connected Pontnewynydd to Newport and later connected with the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal at Pontymoile in 1812. Tramroads leading from industrial areas within an eight-mile radius of the canal converged at either Pontnewynydd or Pontymoile.
The tramroads and canals were superseded by the railways in the mid-nineteenth century. From 1845, work commenced on establishing a railway from Pontypool to Newport. The line opened to passengers in 1852 and connected with Blaenavon in 1854. It eventually came under the management of the Great Western Railway. Another line was constructed during the 1860s and 1870s to connect Pontypool with Newport via Caerleon. Connections were also made with Abergavenny, Hereford and the Taff Vale. Pontypool had three railway stations, namely Crane Street, Clarence Street and Pontypool Road. Line closures during the 1960s greatly reduced the valley's railway connections, which were replaced by modern roads. The only passenger line still operating within Pontypool is at an unmanned station in New Inn. Pontypool & New Inn station is on the Welsh Marches Line with trains provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
Pontypool is well known for its extensive park. Pontypool Park was the historic seat of the Hanbury family, who developed a permanent residence in Pontypool in c. 1694 and, under the direction of Major John Hanbury, subsequently established a deer park in the early 1700s. The park became a venue for recreation and enjoyment for the Hanbury family and their associates.
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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.
The Blaenavon Ironworks, now a museum, was a major centre of iron production using locally mined or quarried iron ore, coal and limestone.
Raw materials and products were transported via horse-drawn tramroads, canals and steam railways.
The Landscape includes protected or listed monuments of the industrial processes, transport infrastructure, workers' housing and other aspects of early industrialization in South Wales.
The Blaenavon Ironworks, now managed by Cadw, operated from 1789 to 1902. Today there are remains of six blast furnaces, cast houses, boiler rooms, engine houses, the water balance tower used to raise and lower railway trucks, and workers' housing around Stack Square.
The remains of the furnaces from the late 18th century and the 19th century are well preserved.
Other elements include the 1839 water balance tower, two casting houses, ruined kilns, the base of the massive chimney of the blowing engine, the cast-iron structure that carried the blast pipes to the furnaces and ruins of workers' housing.
The Big Pit was the last deep coal mine to remain operational in the area.
The surface buildings, winding gear and underground workings are still in excellent condition.
The Big Pit coal mine, now managed by Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, was worked from around 1860 until 1980.
The original pithead buildings have been preserved, including the head frame, winding engine and baths.
The Big Pit Colliery was reopened as a museum in 1983.
Visitors may take an underground tour.
In 2005 it won the Gulbenkian Prize for museum of the year.
Extant buildings from the early industrial period include worker's housing terraces, St. Peter's Church (1804), St. Peter's School (1816) and the Blaenavon Workmen's Hall (1894).
Other elements of the Industrial Landscape are the mines and quarries from which coal, iron ore, fire clay and limestone were extracted.
There are traces of horse-drawn railways, tunnels and inclines that were used to carry iron ore, coal and limestone to the ironworks, and to carry pig iron to the Garnddyrys Forge.
Wrought iron was taken from the forge to Llanfoist on the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal for transport to other parts of Britain and the world.
There are walks and trails along which visitors may explore the Landscape.
Waymarked footpaths follow the tracks of the earliest iron railways.
The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway was once an important transport facility.
The steam railway has been restored and has a station in the centre of the town.
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List of World Heritage Sites in the British Isles HD
Sites designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as World Heritage Sites in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland.
List of World Heritage Sites in the British Isles :
1 Roman & Georgian Bath (Bath, England)
2 Blaenavon Industrial Site (Torfaen, Wales)
3 Blenheim Palace (Woodstock, England)
4 Brú na Bóinne Neolithic Site (County Meath, Ireland)
5 Caernarfon & Welsh Castles (Caernarfon, Wales)
6 Canterbury Cathedral (Canterbury, England)
7 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (South West England)
8 Derwent Valley Mills (Derbyshire, England)
9 Dorset and East Devon Coast (Dorset, England)
10 Durham Castle & Cathedral (Durham, England)
11 Forth Bridge (Firth Of Forth, Scotland)
12 Giant's Causeway (County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
13 Hadrian's Wall (Northern England)
14 Ironbridge Gorge (Shropshire, England)
15 Maritime Mercantile City (Liverpool, England)
16 Maritime Greenwich (Greenwich, England)
17 Neolithic Orkney (Orkney Islands, Scotland)
18 New Lanark Factory Community (Lanark, Scotland)
19 New Town & Old Town Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland)
20 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Llangollen Canal, Wales)
21 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew, England)
22 Saltaire Model Village (West Yorkshire, England)
23 Skellig Michael (County Kerry, Ireland)
24 St Kilda Neolithic Sites (St Kilda, Scotland)
25 Stonehenge & Avebury sites (Wiltshire, England)
26 Studley Royal Park & Fountains Abbey
27 Tower Of London (London, England)
28 Westminster Palace & Abbey (London, England)
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Sitios designados por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) como Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Inglaterra, Escocia, Gales, Irlanda del Norte e Irlanda.
Lista de los sitios del patrimonio mundial en las islas británicas:
1 Baño romano y georgiano (baño, Inglaterra)
2 Blaenavon Industrial Site (Torfaen, Gales)
3 Palacio de Blenheim (Woodstock, Inglaterra)
4 Sitio Neolítico Brú na Bóinne (Condado de Meath, Irlanda)
5 Caernarfon & Welsh Castles (Caernarfon, Gales)
6 Catedral de Canterbury (Canterbury, Inglaterra)
7 Paisaje minero de Cornualles y West Devon (Suroeste de Inglaterra)
8 Derwent Valley Mills (Derbyshire, Inglaterra)
9 Dorset y East Devon Coast (Dorset, Inglaterra)
10 Durham Castle & Cathedral (Durham, Inglaterra)
11 Puente de Forth (Firth Of Forth, Escocia)
12 Giant's Causeway (Condado de Antrim, Irlanda del Norte)
13 Muralla de Adriano (Norte de Inglaterra)
14 Ironbridge Gorge (Shropshire, Inglaterra)
15 Maritime Mercantile City (Liverpool, Inglaterra)
16 Maritime Greenwich (Greenwich, Inglaterra)
17 Orcadas Neolíticas (Islas Orcadas, Escocia)
18 Nueva Comunidad Lanark Factory (Lanark, Escocia)
19 Ciudad Nueva y Ciudad Vieja Edimburgo (Edimburgo, Escocia)
20 Acueducto de Pontcysyllte (Canal de Llangollen, Gales)
21 Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew, Inglaterra)
22 Saltaire Model Village (West Yorkshire, Inglaterra)
23 Skellig Michael (Condado de Kerry, Irlanda)
24 Sitios Neolíticos de St Kilda (St Kilda, Escocia)
25 sitios de Stonehenge y Avebury (Wiltshire, Inglaterra)
26 Studley Royal Park & Fountains Abbey
27 Tower Of London (Londres, Inglaterra)
28 Westminster Palace & Abbey (Londres, Inglaterra)
BRECON BEACON
The Brecon Beacons National Park (Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales. It includes the Black Mountain (Welsh: Y Mynydd Du) in the west, Fforest Fawr (Great Forest) and the Brecon Beacons in the centre and the Black Mountains (Welsh: Y Mynyddoedd Duon) in the east.
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 and the Pembrokeshire Coast in 1952. It stretches from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the northeast and Pontypool in the southeast, covering 519 square miles (1,340 km2) and encompassing four main regions – the Black Mountain in the west, reaching 802 metres (2631 feet) at Fan Brycheiniog, Fforest Fawrand the Brecon Beacons in the centre, including the highest summit in the park and in South Wales at Pen y Fan 886 metres (2,907 feet) and the confusingly named Black Mountains in the east, where the highest point is Waun Fach 811 metres (2,661 feet). The western half gained European and global status in 2005[1] as Fforest Fawr Geopark. This includes the Black Mountain, the historic extent of Fforest Fawr, and much of the Brecon Beacons and surrounding lowlands.
The entire national park achieved the status of being an International Dark Sky Reserve in February 2013.
Most of the national park is bare, grassy moorland grazed by Welsh mountain ponies and Welsh mountain sheep, with scattered forestry plantations, and pasture in the valleys. It is known for its remote reservoirs, waterfalls including the 90-foot (27 m) Henrhyd Waterfalland the falls at Ystradfellte, and its caves, such as Ogof Ffynnon Ddu. The Brecon Beacons Mountain Centre was opened in 1966 to help visitors understand and enjoy the area. Ravens, peregrine falcons, wheatears, ring ouzels, and the rare merlin breeds in the park. The red kite can also be spotted.
Due to the relative remoteness and harsh weather of some of its uplands, the park is used for military training. UK Special Forces, including the SAS and SBS hold demanding selection training exercises here, such as an exercise called the Fan dance. The infantry regiments of the British Army train at Sennybridge, where NCO selection also takes place.
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is a special purpose local authority with wide-ranging responsibilities for the conservation and enhancement of the landscape and the promotion of its enjoyment by the public, and in particular exercises planning functions across the designated area of the park. The park extends across the southern part of Powys, the northwestern part of Monmouthshire and parts of eastern Carmarthenshire. It also includes the northernmost portions of several of the unitary authority areas which are centred on the coalfield communities to the south and including the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent together with very small parts of Caerphilly and Torfaen.
Numerous town and community councils operate within these areas and include those for Brecon and Hay on Wye (town councils) and Cefn Coed; Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine; Llangattock; Llangors; Llanthony; Llywel; Pontsticill, Pontsarn and Vaynor; Talybont-on-Usk; Trallong; Trecastle and Ystradfellte (all community councils).
Outdoor activities in the park include walking, cycling, mountain biking, horse riding, as well as sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and fishing, rock climbing, hang-gliding, caravanning, camping and caving. A long-distance cycling route, the Taff Trail, passes over the Beacons on its way from Brecon to Cardiff, and in 2005 the first walk to span the entire length of the Brecon Beacons National Park was opened. The 100-mile (161 km) route, called the Beacons Way, runs from Abergavenny via Ysgyryd Fawr in the east and ends in the village of Llangadog in Carmarthenshire in the west.
Guests Prepare to take the Big Pit Tour in Blaenavon
Big Pit: National Coal Museum is a museum in Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales. A working coal mine from 1860 to 1980, it was opened to visitors from 1980 thanks to the support of the National Museum Wales.
A4069. The Black Mountains, Wales UK. Gwynfe to Upper Brynammen
You've seen it on everyone's former favourite BBC2 motoring show: This is what it feels like to soak in the moonscape scenery of one of Britain's most spectacular drivers' roads, the A4069 in the Western range of the Black Mountains between Brecon and Port Talbot in South Wales.
Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 'Industrial Steam of South Wales Gala'
To celebrate the opening of the Big Pit branch, the Pontypool and Blaenavon held a 3 day gala to celebrate industrial steam in South Wales. 3 visiting locos attended, Mardy Monster, Sir Gomer and Whitehead. All three had previously worked in South Wales before preservation. On the day I visited on the Saturday, the weather was mostly sunny with a few showers with very strong winds.
In this video
Sir Gomer and Mardy Monster climb from Blaenavon High Level to Furnace Sidings
Whitehead arriving at Big Pit Halt (under construction)
Sir Gomer and 71515 leaving Blaenavon High Level
Sir Gomer climbing the bank between Furnace and Whistle with a coal train
Mardy Monster and Whitehead climbing the bank
71515 and Whitehead at Bridge 12 (ROR)
71515 climbing the bank under dark cloud (a heavy shower started as soon as I turned the camera off)
Mardy and 19 arriving at Furnace Sidings
71515 arriving into Furnace Sidings from Big Pit
Whitehead in the yard
and all three visitors climbing above Blaenavon.
I would like to apologise for the inactivity recently, I will have less time on here now I'm doing A Levels.
Hughenden Manor -.Victorian Weekend
Home of Benjamin Disraeli. This was taken during a Victorian weekend with people dressed in Victorian garb. A lovely setting in Buckinghamshire and the sun shone brightly.
Cwmbran Waterways
Cwmbran waterways including boating lake - Canal and the Afon Llwyd