MOWR, Welsh: [brɨnˈmaur], sometimes hyphenated to Bryn-mawr, from Welsh Brynmawr, meaning "big hill") is a market town and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet 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.
Population: 14,924
Latitude: 51° 47' 60.00" N
Longitude: -3° 10' 59.99" W
The Pont-y-Cafnau (English: Bridge of Troughs), sometimes written Pont y Cafnau or Pontycafnau, is a 14.2-metre (47 ft) long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The bridge was designed by Watkin George and built in 1793 f…
Penhow (Welsh: Pen-hŵ) is a small village and community parish just inside the eastern edge of the boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales, within the historic county of Monmouthshire. The name Penhow is believed to be derived from the Welsh wo…
Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in South Gloucestershire.
Ogof Craig a Ffynnon (Welsh for "Rock and Fountain Cave") is a cave in Wales.
Newland is a village in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.
Neath Port Talbot Hospital is a major acute secondary care 270-bed hospital located in Port Talbot, Wales. It is sited on Baglan Moors beside Afan Way.
Nantymoel (Nant-y-moel) (Welsh for Stream from the bare mountain) is a village and includes the formerly separate village of Pricetown in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore, and is one of the constituent villages of the Ogmore…
Morlais Castle is a 13th-century castle located above the Taff Gorge near the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.
Monnow Valley Studio is a recording studio in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Monmouth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member (AM) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects …
The former Merthyr Synagogue is located on Bryntirion Road in the Thomastown section of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
Malpas is an electoral district (ward) and coterminous community parish of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.
This one-mile canal in Gloucestershire runs inland from the River Severn to Lydney. It was opened in 1813 to trans-ship iron and coal from the Forest of Dean.
Llywel is a small village that gives its name to Llywel community in Powys, Wales. The main settlement in the community is Trecastle.
Llyn Fawr is a lake in the Cynon Valley (Welsh: Cwm Cynon), South Wales, that is best known as the site of an important hoard of weapons and tools from the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age.
Llanwrda is a parish and village on the River Towy, in the county of Carmarthenshire in west Wales, situated some 4 miles (6.5 km) southwest of Llandovery.
Llantarnam Abbey is an abbey of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy and a former Cistercian monastery located in Llantarnam, Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.
Llanmartin (Welsh: Llanfarthyn) is a village and parish in the city of Newport, Wales.