Pontypool

E84401

settlement town

Pontypool is a historic industrial town in Torfaen, South Wales, known for its iron and steel heritage and location near the eastern edge of the South Wales Valleys.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement → town →
administrativeCentreOf	Borough of Torfaen →
country	Wales →
governingBody	Torfaen County Borough Council →
hasCategory	Industrial history of Wales → Towns in Torfaen → Towns in Wales →
hasDialingCode	01495 →
hasEconomicHistory	coal mining → ironworking → steel production →
hasFeature	Pontypool Park → Pontypool Town Centre → Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway →
hasHeritage	iron and steel heritage →
hasNearbyCity	Newport NERFINISHED →
hasNearbyTown	Blaenavon → Cwmbran NERFINISHED →
hasOSGridReference	SO 285005 →
hasParliamentaryConstituency	Torfaen (UK Parliament constituency) →
hasPostcodeArea	NP →
hasPostcodeDistrict	NP4 →
hasSettlementType	industrial town →
hasTraditionalCounty	Monmouthshire NERFINISHED →
hasTransport	Pontypool and New Inn railway station →
hasWelshAssemblyConstituency	Torfaen (Senedd constituency) →
historicalRegion	South Wales Valleys →
isHistoric	true →
knownFor	industrial heritage → iron industry → steel industry →
languageUsed	English → Welsh →
locatedIn	South Wales → United Kingdom → Wales →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Torfaen →
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London →
locatedNear	eastern edge of the South Wales Valleys →
locatedNorthOf	Cwmbran NERFINISHED →
locatedNorthWestOf	Newport NERFINISHED →
locatedOnRiver	Afon Lwyd NERFINISHED →
partOf	Torfaen →
region	Torfaen principal area →
timeZone	BST → GMT →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Torfaen →	containsSettlement
Torfaen →	hasAdministrativeCentre
Torfaen →	hasTown
Usk →	locatedEastOf
Cwmbran →	locatedNear
NP postcode area →	servesTown