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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.
Cwmbran was a civil parish and, from 1974, a community in its own right, one of only five in the new district of Torfaen. In 1985, the Cwmbran community was abolished, replaced by Cwmbran Central, Fairwater, Llantarnam, Pontnewydd and Upper Cwmbran. [8]
Two Locks is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales. The locks in question are part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in its southern section between Newport and Pontypool .
Llantarnam (Welsh: Llanfihangel Llantarnam) is a village of Cwmbran, and is a community and electoral ward in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. The ward covers the same area as the community, but also includes Southville. It is equidistant from Cwmbran town centre and the town of Caerleon.
Upper Cwmbran (Welsh: Cwmbrân Uchaf ⓘ) is a suburb of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. It lies in between the suburbs of Pontnewydd and Thornhill . It is a community and electoral ward of Torfaen County Borough Council .
Cwmbran was the only new town in Wales designated by the New Towns Act 1946. [3] Cwmbran Development Corporation was formed in 1949 to develop the new town and building of seven new residential areas ( Coed Eva , Croesyceiliog North and South, Greenmeadow , Oakfield , Pontnewydd , and St Dials ) began in 1951, later followed by Llanyrafon .
The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is the main environmental feature to Pontnewydd. The area also hosts a golf course (opened in 1875 and is one of the oldest in Wales), parks, rugby football and social clubs, several churches and pubs, cenotaph (opened in 1925) and two community hubs (the original 20th-century village and the New Town 1950s neighbourhood west of Pontnewydd).
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 ]