Cwm
in Blaenau Gwent of Wales, United Kingdom
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Cardiff International Airport (25 mi) - MOD St. Athan (26 mi)
- Bristol Filton Airport (30 mi)
- Bristol International Airport (32 mi)
- Swansea Airport (39 mi)
- Gloucestershire Airport (45 mi)
- RNAS Yeovilton (56 mi)
- Exeter International Airport (70 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- City of Bath (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 86 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (Unesco heritage, 127 mi)
- Celtic Manor Resort (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Belmont Golf Club (Golf course, 28 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 51.740 and -3.180 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 51° 44' 24" and W -3° 10' 49"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 12:01 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:43 am and 4:14 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Cwm
Cwm in Blaenau Gwent (Wales) with it's 2,739 residents is a town located in United Kingdom about 132 mi (or 212 km) west of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Cwm is now 12:01 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Cwm, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Cardiff International Airport in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Blaenavon Industrial Landscape in a distance of 12 mi (or 19 km), East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr, Crumlin, Blackwood and Bargoed. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 2°C / 36 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
| Night Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 64% |
| Air Pressure | 1000 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Few clouds, fresh breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
9°C (48 °F)
14°C (56 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Moderate rain, high wind, near gale, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Maes Manor Country House
Ebbw Vale
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Ebbw Vale The works (history of Ebbw Vale)
A documentary showing the history of the works and the town from 1790 - 2002. All rights go the the creator of the video.
Ebbw Vale Branch - the first weekend
9th & 10th February 2008 was the first weekend on the new branch to Ebbw Vale from Cardiff run by Arriva Wales.
Ebbw Vale Classic Bus Show 2012
Come and take a trip back in time as Ebbw Vale hosts the Classic Bus Show 2012.
Around the Clubs - Episode 6 - Ebbw Vale Junior Netball Club
'Around the Clubs' returns to 3VTV in style with the Junior Netball Club from Ebbw Vale.
Hanggliding from Ebbw Vale, South Wales
This flight lasted about 30 minutes, in which time I flew across a couple of the South Wales valley's and then back to the take-off site. The video has been increased to 8 times normal speed...
Y Domen Fawr - Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale and Cwm from Y Domen Fawr.
Steelworks Memories
The former workers at Ebbw Vale Steelworks share their memories with us of their time there.
Playing In The Inversion Layer
(Watch in HD). A little vid of me playing in the inversion layer near home in Ebbw Vale.
Who Are FireGarden?
An advertisement about our new shop in Festival Park Outlet Shopping & Leisure, Ebbw Vale. Why don't you pop in yourself and find out how you can save 50% on those rising energy bills. http://www.c.
Broken Heroes | 'Tie Your Mother Down' by Queen
Broken Heroes Live at the EVI Centre, Ebbw Vale (25/04/2014) Broken Heroes' Site: http://www.brokenheroesrock.co.uk.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent is a county borough in South Wales, sharing its name with a parliamentary constituency. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar.
Valleys Radio
Valleys Radio was a British radio station broadcasting to the heads of the South Wales Valleys. The broadcast area was covered by two transmitters, 999kHz from the Aberdâr transmitter, and 1116kHz from the Ebbw Vale transmitter, with the Ebbw Vale signal being the comparatively stronger of the two. On 20 March 2009, UTV Radio announced Valleys Radio was to be sold or shut down within the next 4 weeks.
Ebbw Valley Railway
The Ebbw Valley Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd Cwm Ebwy) is a branch line of the Great Western Main Line in South Wales. Arriva Trains Wales provides an hourly passenger service each way, between Ebbw Vale Parkway and Cardiff Central. The Great Western Railway (GWR) operated a passenger service on the line from the 1850s between Newport and Ebbw Vale. The line became part of British Railways' Western Region in 1948, following the nationalisation of the railways.
Festival Park, Ebbw Vale
Festival Park is a shopping centre in Ebbw Vale, Wales. Festival Park is located on the former Garden Festival of Wales site. It was left abandoned after the closure of the festival in 1992, but has since then being converted into a shopping outlet and tourist attraction. It now includes an owl sanctuary, fishing lake, gym, the Festival Church and remaining sculptures from the Garden Festival of Wales. Festival park is home to the UKs longest supertubing run and an adventure castle play park.
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station
Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station (Welsh: Parcffordd Glyn Ebwy) is the current terminus of the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales. The station opened on 6 February 2008 when services to and from Cardiff Central commenced after 46 years of being a freight-only line. Plans include extending services to Ebbw Vale Town and restoration of an hourly service to Newport. The station has been built on a site close to the former Victoria station in the Victoria area of the Ebbw Vale conurbation.
Mynydd Carn-y-cefn
Mynydd Carn-y-cefn is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Ebbw Vale and the valley of the Ebbw Fach in the Valleys region of South Wales. It lies within the unitary area of Blaenau Gwent, formerly Monmouthshire. The broad-topped ridge runs NNW-SSE and achieves a summit height of 550 metres at a point crowned by a trig point at OS grid ref SO 187084 between Ebbw Vale and Blaina.
Cefn Manmoel
Cefn Manmoel is the name given to the broad ridge of high ground between the Sirhowy Valley and Ebbw Vale in the Valleys region of South Wales. It straddles the boundary between the unitary areas of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent. The NNW-SSE aligned ridge achieves a height of 504m at OS grid ref SO 166072. To the south it drops away to a broad saddle southeast of the village of Manmoel, beyond which lies Mynydd Pen-y-fan.
Ebbw Vale Steelworks
Ebbw Vale Steelworks was an integrated steel mill located in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Developed from 1780, by the late 1930s it had become the largest steel mill in Europe. Nationalised after World War II, as the steel industry changed to bulk handling, iron and steel making was ceased in the 1970s, as the site was redeveloped as a specialised tinplate works.
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