Abertillery
Sign in to saveAbertillery (; ) is a town and community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach valley, and the historic county of Monmouthshire.
Key facts
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Blaenau Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- UK place.welsh_name
- Abertyleri
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tyleri.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The view towards Abertillery from the head of the Tyleri
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO215045
- UK place.population
- 11,601
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.post_town
- ABERTILLERY
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP13
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01495
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Town centre
- Coal mining
- Abertillery Conurbation
- Local history
- Early history
- From the mid-nineteenth century
- Industrialisation
- Collieries in Abertillery
- Abertillery Institute
- Local government
- Transport
- Education
- Industry
- Sport, leisure and tourism
- Notable people
- International relations
- See also
- References
- External links
Abertillery (; ) is a town and community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach valley, and the historic county of Monmouthshire.
The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. Formerly a major coal mining centre the Abertillery area was transformed in the 1990s using EU and other funding to return to a greener environment.