Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is in Monmouthshire and one of the earliest industrial towns in Wales.

Understand

Pontypool consists of several smaller districts, including Abersychan, Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Trevethin, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Pontymoile, Blaendare, Cwmynyscoy, New Inn, Griffithstown and Sebastopol.

Get in

• At the intersection of the A472 (cross valley link road Usk-Treharris) and the A4042 (Abergavenny - Newport)
• 1 Pontypool railway station (New Inn). On the Welsh Marches Line (Newport-Shrewsbury) between Cwmbran and Abergavenny (updated Dec 2016)
• bus 63 (Cwmbran-Pontypool-Usk-Chepstow) and bus X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny)

See

• 1 Pontypool Park. 150-acre (0.61 km2) of landscaped open grassland and mixed woodland (updated Dec 2016)
• 2 Pontypool Museum. industrial, social and cultural heritage and history of the Torfaen valley and Pontypool as well as collection of Pontypool & Usk Japanware, which was produced from the mid-18th century. (updated Dec 2016)

Do

• Rugby Union: Pontypool RFC play in the Welsh Premiership, the amateur game's top tier. They play at Riverside east edge of town.

Eat

• 1 Little Crown Inn, Elled Road, Wainfelin, ☏ +44 1495 763148. (updated Dec 2016)

Sleep

• 1 Metro Hotel (Best Western Pontypool), Lower Mill Field, ☏ +44 1495 750552. (updated Dec 2016)
• 2 Premier Inn Pontypool, Tyr'Felin, Lower Mill Field, NP4 0RH, ☏ +44 871 527 8890. (updated Dec 2016)

Go next

• Cwmbran
• Usk
• Blaenavon
• Caerphilly