Visit Waun-Lwyd Places

Welcome to Visit Waun-Lwyd Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Waun-Lwyd

  

Waun-Lwyd Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Waun-Lwyd

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Waun-Lwyd history

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The River Ebbw flows past the west of the village. To the east is Mynydd Carn-y-cefn (550m) To the west is the village of Cwm and Waunlwyd. The Gwent Heritage group have extensively documented the village’s history.

You can visit Waun-Lwyd places with Walkfo Waun-Lwyd to hear history at Waun-Lwyd’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Waun-Lwyd has 29 places to visit in our interactive Waun-Lwyd 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 Waun-Lwyd, 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 Waun-Lwyd places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Waun-Lwyd & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 29 audio facts unique to Waun-Lwyd places in an interactive Waun-Lwyd map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Waun-Lwyd Places Map
29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Waun-Lwyd places to visit

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

Valleys Radio Valleys Radio (Welsh: Radio’r Cymoedd) was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the heads of the South Wales Valleys. The broadcast area was covered by two transmitters, 999 kHz from Aberdare and 1116 kHz from the Ebbw Vale transmitter.

Cwm, Blaenau Gwent Cwm (from Welsh: Y Cwm, transl. The Valley) is a former coal mining village, community and electoral ward three miles (4.8 km) south of Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. In the far north of the community lies Waunlwyd.

Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station Bedwellty Pits Halt railway station was a station on the Sirhowy Railway. It was initially spelled Bedwelty, then known as Bedwellty Pits, and then known Bedwelly Pits Halt. It consisted of 2 wooden platforms to serve the workforce of the local colliery.

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.

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