Cwmbran

E18526
new town town

Cwmbran is a large new town in South Wales known for its extensive shopping centre and post-war planned development.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cwmbran bus station 1
Upper Cwmbran 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf new town ⓘ
town ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceToCardiff approximately 19 miles ⓘ
establishedAsNewTown 1949 ⓘ
fireService South Wales Fire and Rescue Service ⓘ
governingBody Torfaen ⓘ
surface form: Torfaen County Borough Council
hasBusStation Cwmbran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cwmbran bus station
hasCollege Coleg Gwent Cwmbran campus ⓘ
hasDialCode 01633 ⓘ
hasFeature Cwmbran Shopping Centre ⓘ
hasHospital Grange University Hospital (nearby primary hospital) ⓘ
hasIndustrialEstate Llantarnam Industrial Park ⓘ
Springvale Industrial Estate ⓘ
hasLeisureFacility Cwmbran Centre for Young People ⓘ
Cwmbran Stadium ⓘ
hasNeighbourhood Croesyceiliog ⓘ
Fairwater ⓘ
Greenmeadow ⓘ
Henllys ⓘ
Llantarnam ⓘ
Pontnewydd ⓘ
St Dials ⓘ
hasPoliceForce Gwent Police ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea NP ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict NP44 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Cwmbran railway station ⓘ
hasSecondarySchool Cwmbran High School ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre Cwmbran Shopping ⓘ
knownFor extensive shopping centre ⓘ
post-war planned development ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Gwent ⓘ
Torfaen ⓘ
surface form: Torfaen County Borough
locatedNear Newport ⓘ
Pontypool ⓘ
partOf South Wales ⓘ
Torfaen ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
planningStatus post-war new town ⓘ
purposeOfNewTownDesignation to provide employment in South Wales coalfield area ⓘ
region South Wales Valleys ⓘ
river Afon Llwyd ⓘ
servedBy Cwmbran railway station ⓘ
shoppingCentreType mostly pedestrianised ⓘ
sportsTeam Cwmbran Celtic F.C. ⓘ
Cwmbran RFC ⓘ
Cwmbran Town A.F.C. ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South East Wales → contains → Cwmbran ⓘ
Torfaen → containsSettlement → Cwmbran ⓘ
NP44 → covers → Cwmbran ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Cwmbran
Cwmbran → hasBusStation → Cwmbran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cwmbran bus station
Torfaen → hasLargestTown → Cwmbran ⓘ
subject surface form: South Wales
subject surface form: NP postcode area