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
Buckholt is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales, located some 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Monmouth, adjoining the boundary with Herefordshire, England. It is a linear settlement situated in the valley of the Mally Brook along the A466 road between…
Ysguborwen is a 19th-century house in Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Ynyswen is a village in the community of Treorchy, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Yatton Chapel is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Yatton, Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Tru…
Wyesham is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located less than one mile east of Monmouth, on the opposite side of the River Wye.
Woodland Road Park is situated at the end of Cwmbran's Central Recreation Grounds (referred to as the Boating Lake Park) in the district of Croesyceiliog, Torfaen in Wales.
Wolvesnewton (Welsh: Trenewydd Dan-y-Gaer, meaning "new town under the fort") is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom, located 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Chepstow between the villages of Devauden and Llangwm.…
Windsor Colliery was a coal mine in the village of Abertridwr, Caerphilly.
Whitecliff Quarry was a quarry in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Whitebrook Halt was a request stop on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was built in 1927 to serve the village of Whitebrook and opened in February that year. It was closed in 1959 when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wye Valley Railway. …
Weston under Penyard Halt railway station is a disused wood built railway station that served the village of Weston under Penyard in Herefordshire on the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway. Opened in 1929 to compete with local road transport it w…
Waun Rydd is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales.
Walford Halt railway station is a disused halt on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed near the Herefordshire village of Walford. It also served the surrounding settlements. Nothing remains of the station. It was located approximately 3 miles a…
Wainfelin is a suburb of Pontypool in the county borough of Torfaen, in south-east Wales.
Vowchurch railway station was a railway station on the Golden Valley Railway line between Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye.
Varteg railway station was a railway station which served the village of Varteg, in the county of Monmouthshire, on the Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway. Built by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) as an expansion to meet the Great Western Ra…
Tytherington Quarry (grid reference ST662888) is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1989.
Tutshill for Beachley Halt was a request stop on the South Wales Railway (now known as the Gloucester to Newport Line) and Wye Valley Railway. It was opened on 9 July 1934, and was intended to serve the nearby village of Tutshill.