Abertillery Blaenau Gwent Wales United Kingdom
51.732161,-3.135369

Abertillery

Abertillery (; Welsh: Abertyleri) 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. Situated on the A467 the town is 15 miles (24 km) north of the M4 and 5 miles (8 km) south of the A465 "Heads of the Valleys" trunk road. It is about 25 miles (40 km) by road from Cardiff and 47 miles (76 km) from Bristol. According to the 2011 Census, 4.8% of the ward's 4,416 (212 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh. This is below the county's figure of 5.5% of 67,348 (3,705 residents) who can speak, read, and write Welsh.

Distance between:

London to Abertillery 130 Miles / 210 Kms
Liverpool to Abertillery 116 Miles / 187 Kms

Postal Code

Population 2017: 11413 inhabitants



museum Nearby

Abertillery & District Museum Society Ltd
Blaina Heritage Action Group

tourist attraction Nearby

The Eden Centre
Cwmcelyn Methodist Chapel