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slate roof. Single storey street elevations with windows onto secondary aisles which surround the main aisled hall. The Market Street elevation has a central doorway with four centred Tudor arch head. This has part glazed wooden doors with pilasters rising to a corbel frieze and a date panel 1893, and a parapet over with raised battlement type features at either end. This door is flanked on either side by four three-light windows with yellow brick frames and mullions. These are all in line, but the plinth below with yellow brick coping is stepped down the street. Additional doors flank these, again with pilasters but not rising to a parapet; then another three light window at the north end but only a single light one at the south corner. The end elevation has first a single light, then a two-light with king mullion, then five three-light windows, the most northerly one with a roundel in a gable above. The roofs behind these walls can be seen stepped up in three heights over the two aisles and the main nave. The nave roof has timber gable windows and glazing along the length of the roof on both slopes. Crane Street entrance: This has another Tudor doorway as above, but flanked by one over one windows in plain heads. Above the entrance is a crow-stepped gable with block at apex and a three light window with stepped head above the door. Gable has date 1894 and inscription PLB (Pontypool Local Board). Commercial Street entrance has another Tudor style doorway set into the ground floor of an early C19 terrace on the south west side of Commercial Street. Only the doorway and the dateplaque 1894 above it are late C19.
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but there is extensive open grassland. The American Gardens were opened to the public in 2008, after being closed to visitors for many years, and a restoration project is under way. Torfaen County Borough Council is currently mapping all the trees from the park to remove and then replant those dying
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Exterior A large iron framed market hall with two full elevations and three secondary entrances through other street frontages, eg. Jubilee Building, Crane Street. Built of grey narrow coursed rock faced pennant limestone with some larger stones, and with yellow Ebbw Vale brick dressings and a Welsh
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has its own community-focused radio station: Able Radio is a volunteer-run radio station which supports adults with autism and learning disabilities, and claims to be "the first Radio Station run by people with Learning Disabilities and Autism in the world". In recent years, Able Radio station has
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A market hall of 1893-4, built when the existing facility became too small and needed replacing due to the greatly increased local population. The previous Vegetable Market (1875) which stood on the same site was demolished, but the first hall built in 1730 still survives in Commercial Street. The
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In 2012 Torfaen County Borough Council was criticised for keeping 2,400 laptop computers, originally intended to be used by secondary school pupils and teachers, unused for at least a year "because it couldn't figure out what to do" with the equipment, which originally cost over a million pounds.
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Interior The market has a central nave supported on plain iron columns, and this has aisles on either side and then a secondary aisle which surrounds most of the structure. There are additional passageways giving access to the entrances in Commercial Street and in Crane Street. The columns carry
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Market was designed by Robert Williams and D J Loughor (who was probably the engineer). This building is the only physical reminder of the work of the Pontypool Local Board who were replaced by the Pontypool Urban District Council following the 1894 Local Government Act.
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light curved iron members, and a roof structure of light iron with timber rafters and sarking. The nave roof has bands of glazing running the full length on either side of the ridge. The interior appears to be very little altered. The stalls are mostly modern.
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Torfaen Council has historically been a Labour-controlled authority, however the 2008 Local Elections saw Labour fail to win enough seats to hold a majority, resulting in a coalition with Plaid Cymru and Independent Councillors.
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increased the scope of their activities, including television productions and their gardening project and associated produce shop, SustainAble. There is also the Cwmbran and District Amateur Radio Society, which focuses on
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Cwmbran Centre is advertised as the second largest under-cover shopping centre in Wales. The centre includes many familiar high-street stores.
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In the 2022 Local Elections, Labour regained majority control of Torfaen County Borough Council, winning 30 out of a possible 40 seats.
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is extensively urban. The north of the county borough is greener and retains extensive areas of countryside, especially on the route to
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The former coal-mining and iron-working town of Blaenavon in the northern part of the county borough is now a recognised
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The main council offices for ‘Torfaen County Borough Council’ are situated in The Civic Centre, Pontypool.
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There are also various local community news services, most notably Cwmbran Life and Inside Torfaen. The
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The area has a population of around 91,000. Much of the southern part of the county borough around
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Torfaen has its own community radio station, Vitalize Radio, which is run on a voluntary basis in
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in Cwmbran centre. Before this, further education was provided at Pontypool campus, Coleg Gwent.
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Pontypool Park is the name given to the former principal residence of Pontypool (now a
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The following people military units and Organisations and Groups have received the
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Torfaen (meaning "breaker of stones") is an old name for the river – today called
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in the centre of the county borough. Most of the administration of
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All the constituent parts of Torfaen had previously been in the
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The borough was formed in 1974 as a local government
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The last three towns mentioned are a 616:. Torfaen is bordered by the county of 3072: 1566:Parnell, Brid-Aine (5 November 2012), 1208:List of Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen 944:to serve the community. Additionally, 931:List of Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen 2787: 2586: 2223: 1743: 1218:Grade II* listed buildings in Torfaen 599: 1725:Torfaen constituency breakdown, 2001 1644: 1382:"Local Government (Wales) Act 1994" 1213:Grade I listed buildings in Torfaen 1047:Secondary schools in the area are: 832:The highest point of the county is 730:Magor and St Mellons Rural District 13: 1676:The Torfaen County Borough Council 827: 648:, until it was reconstituted as a 14: 3111: 1694: 1645:Birt, Elizabeth (28 March 2024). 1165: 1103:. (Welsh Medium Education School) 893: 856: 3052: 3040: 2861: 2850: 2843: 2836: 2829: 2565: 2553: 2202: 2190: 1812: 1730:Council and Democracy in Torfaen 1710:American Gardens, Pontypool Park 1445:. Torfaen County Borough Council 642:historic county of Monmouthshire 571: 409:49 sq mi (126 km) 162: 137: 90: 81: 70: 2938:Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 1664: 1638: 1612: 1586: 1559: 1533: 1508: 1482: 1144:Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 1052:Abersychan Comprehensive School 992:constituency, presided over by 968:Torfaen is historically a safe 3022:Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal 2096:Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal 1780:Torfaen County Borough Council 1720:Blaenavon, World Heritage Site 1457: 1431: 1405: 1374: 1343: 1312: 1298:Office for National Statistics 1286: 1271:Office for National Statistics 1242:Torfaen County Borough Council 960:serves as the main newspaper. 818:Torfaen County Borough Council 772:Torfaen County Borough Council 324:Torfaen County Borough Council 1: 1223: 1195:Pontypool Rugby Football Club 1126:The borough is served by the 812:The administrative centre is 3095:1974 establishments in Wales 2152:Registered parks and gardens 2117:Parliamentary constituencies 2060:Big Pit National Coal Museum 1036: 1032:Pontypool Community Council. 909: 655: 7: 2413:Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey 1320:"Local Government Act 1972" 1201: 1138:. Services are operated by 1121: 963: 781:Torfaen has its own museum 10: 3116: 1043:List of schools in Torfaen 1040: 1029:Ponthir Community Council. 1026:Henllys Community Council. 1023:Cwmbran Community Council. 928: 913: 897: 860: 694: 18: 3035: 3012: 2984: 2946: 2928: 2907: 2891: 2870: 2859: 2822: 2741: 2620: 2548: 2515: 2492: 2464: 2421: 2383: 2345: 2302: 2259: 2185: 2109: 2083: 2047: 1956: 1821: 1810: 1786: 1777: 668:from its source north of 546: 536: 524: 503: 486: 476: 468: 454: 450:1,910/sq mi (739/km) 446: 436: 428: 423: 413: 405: 400: 360: 342: 329: 319: 309: 304: 290: 280: 270: 258: 246: 234: 199: 161: 159: 151: 133: 64: 55: 40:Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen 33: 3090:County boroughs of Wales 3085:Principal areas of Wales 2749:Date / population / area 2614:Principal areas of Wales 1715:Cwmbran, A Short History 1189:Organisations and Groups 1079:St Albans RC High School 935: 874:Pontypool Leisure Centre 21:Torfaen (disambiguation) 1132:Pontypool & New Inn 1017:Blaenavon Town Council. 840:Pontypool Indoor Market 28:County borough in Wales 16:County borough in Wales 2878:Stagecoach South Wales 1771:Torfaen County Borough 1160:Freedom of the Borough 1154:Freedom of the Borough 1097:Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw 880:. The park includes a 822:Pontypool Civic Centre 759:prior to the reforms. 124:Folly Tower, Pontypool 39: 35:Torfaen County Borough 2920:Pontypool and New Inn 2332:Preseli Pembrokeshire 1787:Principal settlements 1651:The South Wales Argus 1392:The National Archives 1361:The National Archives 1330:The National Archives 972:seat. At present the 753:administrative county 505: • Summer ( 469: • Speakers 191:Torfaen shown within 3047:Transport portal 2070:Garndiffaith Viaduct 1465:"Able Radio Station" 1179:Royal British Legion 1142:. There is also the 1088:West Monmouth School 1061:Croesyceiliog School 988:. Torfaen is also a 925:World Heritage Site. 797:Area characteristics 761:Gwent County Council 447: • Density 19:For other uses, see 2337:South Pembrokeshire 2157:Scheduled Monuments 2055:Blaenavon Ironworks 1600:on 18 November 2015 1238:"About the Council" 1140:Transport for Wales 1070:Cwmbran High School 978:Nick Thomas-Symonds 350:Nick Thomas-Symonds 215: /  2899:Welsh Marches line 2252:districts of Wales 2048:Places of interest 1923:St Cadocs/Penygarn 1443:www.torfaen.gov.uk 1419:. 18 December 2008 1387:legislation.gov.uk 1356:legislation.gov.uk 1325:legislation.gov.uk 1128:Welsh Marches Line 820:is conducted from 672:southward through 601:[tɔrˈvaɪn] 429: • Total 406: • Total 3067: 3066: 2930:Heritage railways 2781: 2780: 2771:Council armorials 2728:Vale of Glamorgan 2713:Rhondda Cynon Taf 2693:Neath Port Talbot 2580: 2579: 2507:Vale of Glamorgan 2250:Local government 2217: 2216: 2136:Listed buildings 2084:Rivers and canals 1545:South Wales Argus 1494:South Wales Argus 1417:South Wales Argus 1300:. 19 January 2023 1130:with stations at 1108:Further education 958:South Wales Argus 776:principal council 735:Llanfrechfa Lower 620:to the east, the 564: 563: 477: • Rank 437: • Rank 414: • Rank 320: • Body 314:Principal council 310: • Type 281:Unitary authority 116:Overlooking west 3107: 3059:Wales portal 3057: 3056: 3055: 3045: 3044: 3027:Pontymoile Basin 2908:Railway stations 2865: 2854: 2847: 2840: 2833: 2808: 2801: 2794: 2785: 2784: 2678:Isle of Anglesey 2607: 2600: 2593: 2584: 2583: 2570: 2569: 2568: 2558: 2557: 2556: 2269:Alyn and Deeside 2244: 2237: 2230: 2221: 2220: 2207: 2206: 2205: 2195: 2194: 2193: 2167:Lord Lieutenants 2101:Pontymoile Basin 1816: 1764: 1757: 1750: 1741: 1740: 1688: 1687: 1685: 1683: 1668: 1662: 1661: 1659: 1657: 1642: 1636: 1635: 1633: 1631: 1616: 1610: 1609: 1607: 1605: 1596:. 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Torfaen (disambiguation)
Welsh
County borough



Big Pit Museum
Blaenavon WHS
Cwmbran
Folly Tower, Pontypool
Coat of arms of Torfaen County Borough

Pontypool
Blaenavon
Cwmbran
Wales
51°43′N 3°03′W / 51.717°N 3.050°W / 51.717; -3.050
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Country
Wales
Preserved county
Gwent
1 April 1974
1 April 1996
Pontypool
Principal council
Torfaen County Borough Council
Control
Labour

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