Visit Brynmawr Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Brynmawr

  

Brynmawr Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Brynmawr

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Brynmawr history

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Gwaun Helygen (meaning ‘marsh of the willows’) sat on a small area of moorland on the border between Monmouthshire and Brecknockshire. The settlement was not home to any heavy industry, and was for the most part a dormitory town. By as early as the 1870s, many resources that were once considered abundant had been exhausted, and the local industry began to decline.

You can visit Brynmawr places with Walkfo Brynmawr to hear history at Brynmawr’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Brynmawr has 27 places to visit in our interactive Brynmawr map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Brynmawr, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Brynmawr places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Brynmawr & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 27 audio facts unique to Brynmawr places in an interactive Brynmawr map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Brynmawr Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Brynmawr historic spots	Brynmawr tourist destinations	Brynmawr plaques	Brynmawr geographic features
Walkfo Brynmawr tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Brynmawr

  

Best Brynmawr places to visit

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Brynmawr has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Brynmawr’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Brynmawr’s information audio spots:

Ogof Craig a Ffynnon Ogof Craig a Ffynnon (Welsh for “Rock and Fountain Cave”) is a cave in Wales. The cave is located at the base of a quarried rockface in Clydach Gorge. Water flowing out of the cave is a resurgence of water draining off Llangatock Mountain above.

Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve Cwm Clydach National Nature Reserve is a 24.8 hectares (61 acres) area of steeply sloping valley-side. It is protected for its ancient semi-natural beech woods, designated by the Nature Conservancy Council.

Mynydd Carn-y-cefn Mynydd Carn-y-cefn (grid reference SO1808) lies within the unitary area of Blaenau Gwent, formerly Monmouthshire. The broad-topped ridge runs NNW-SSE and achieves a summit height of 550 metres (1,800 ft) at a point crowned by a trig point.

Ebbw Vale Hospital Ebbw Vale Hospital was a community hospital in Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The hospital was known as Ysbyty Ynn Ybbw Vyllyllyll Vale Hospital.

Gwent Archives Gwent Archives (Welsh: Archifau Gwent) is the local records office and genealogy centre based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau, Caerphilly County Borough, Newport and Newport.

Ebbw Vale bus station Ebbw Vale bus station (Welsh: Gorsaf bws Glyn Ebwy), also known as Inner Bypass, is a bus terminus. It is located in the town centre of Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is a community hospital in Ebbw Vale, Wales. It is managed by the Aneuurin Bevan University Health Board.

Brynmawr Brynmawr is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet (380 to 460 m) above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys. It grew with the development of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 19th century.

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