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Cwmbran was the name of one of several villages located in the valley, which had grown up around the tinplate works of the Cwmbran Iron Company. As the new town of Cwmbran was formed in 1949, the area of the old village became known as Old Cwmbran.
Cwmbran Central (Welsh: Cwmbrân Ganol) is a community in the new town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, South Wales. It had a population of 9,947 as of the 2011 United Kingdom census . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Cwmbran Centre, renamed M Cwmbran from March 2024, [2] is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. It was formerly named Cwmbran Shopping, then renamed Cwmbran Centre on 3 July 2017.
Despite being part of the much larger Cwmbrân conurbation, Old Cwmbrân retains many of the amenities of an independent village. The main high street has numerous shops and public houses.
Cwmbrân Town Football Club is a Welsh football team based in Cwmbran, South Wales, that competes in the Gwent County League Premier Division. The Crows were formed in 1951 when Whiteheads AFC disbanded. After playing in junior leagues the club switched to the Welsh League in 1960, moving to Cwmbran Stadium in 1975.
Today Caerleon has a modern statue of a knight, "The Hanbury Knight", in reflecting stainless steel by Belgian sculptor Thierry Lauwers. [35] In Michael Morpurgo 's novel Arthur, High King of Britain , Caerleon is the castle where Arthur unknowingly commits incest with his half-sister Morgaine, resulting in the conception of his son Mordred who ...
Cwmbran railway station provides rail transport to destinations on the Welsh Marches line, including Cardiff Central, Newport, Manchester, Maesteg, Swansea, Carmarthen, and Milford Haven. The station is a seven-minute walk from the bus station.
Cwmbran railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Rheilffordd Cwmbrân) is in the northeast of Cwmbran town centre, within five minutes' walking distance. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is managed by Transport for Wales , who operate all trains serving it.