Pontymoile

Pontymoile

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=Pont-y-moel
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Pontymoile
unitary_wales= Torfaen
lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
constituency_westminster= Torfaen
post_town= PONTYPOOL
postcode_district = NP4-6
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= 01495

Pontymoile (Welsh: "Pont-y-moel") is a large suburb of the town of Pontypool in Torfaen, south east Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

It is directly below Pontypool and is bordered by Griffithstown and New Inn to the south. It is all but merged with the nearby suburbs of Cwmynyscoy and Upper Race.

It contains a mixture of traditional Welsh terraced houses, early Edwardian townhouses and modern 1960s flats and local authority housing.

Pontymoile is spread across a large area and so is home to much of Pontypool's facilities including West Monmouth School, Coleg Gwent's Pontypool campus, the Pontymoile Basin on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal as well as St. Matthew's Anglican Church and the nondenominational Pontymoile Christian Mission on Rockhill Road. Pontymoile has its own primary school as well as a small selection of shops and public houses.

Redevelopment

The area was subject to massive redevelopment in the late 1990s when a new flyover on the A472 road was constructed to divert traffic from what had become a 'bottle-neck' road system in Pontypool. This resulted in many buildings being demolished (including the original Pontymoile Mission). The development also resulted in a new road system to West Monmouth School and Coleg Gwent's Pontypool campus.

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3035595 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pontymoile and surrounding area]


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