Abersychan

Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.

Key facts

UK place.country: Wales
UK place.static_image_name: Abersychan.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Abersychan, viewed from Pen-twyn
UK place.static_image_alt: Landscape of Abersychan showing housing and chapel with mountain in the background
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly: Torfaen
UK place.os_grid_reference: SO 269 038
UK place.official_name: Abersychan
UK place.unitary_wales: Torfaen
UK place.community_wales: Abersychan
UK place.postcode_district: NP4
UK place.postcode_area: NP
UK place.lieutenancy_wales: Gwent
UK place.dial_code: 01495
UK place.area_total_km2: 24.78
UK place.map_alt: Abersychan is in the north of the district of Torfaen, in south east Wales
UK place.population: 7,064
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.constituency_westminster: Torfaen

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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Local government
Local transport
Places nearby
Pentwyn
Victoria Village
References

Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent.

Abersychan lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Lwyd valley.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abersychan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.