Pontypool

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)
 * bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)
 * bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)

Do

 * Rugby Union: Pontypool RFC play in the Welsh Premiership, the amateur game's top tier. They play at Riverside east edge of town.

Go next

 * Cwmbran
 * Usk
 * Blaenavon
 * Caerphilly