Georgetown is a village in the

Sirhowy Valley The Sirhowy Valley ( ) is an industrialised valley in the eastern part of the Valleys region of Wales. It is named from the Sirhowy River () which runs through it. Its upper reaches are occupied by the town of Tredegar within the unitary area of ...

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. 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 ...

. It belongs in the ward of Georgetown. It is located south of

Tredegar Tredegar (pronounced , ) is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in the southeast of Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the In ...

and west of

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

. It is north of Newport. The A4048 runs near to the village. The population of the ward is 3,410 which represents the whole Georgetown ward.

Village today

Facilities in Georgetown include a Community Centre, a Gospel Hall, a Methodist church, a congressional Church, Rhyd Hall pub, a Chinese restaurant, and a small supermarket. The area is covered by Georgetown Primary School and Tredegar Comprehensive School. The Tredegar Leisure Centre is nearby as well as the World War I memorial site. The

Sirhowy River The Sirhowy River (Welsh language : ''Afon Sirhywi'') is a river in Wales and a tributary of the Ebbw River. Sources The Sirhowy River has its source on the slopes of Cefn Pyllau-duon above Tredegar. After flowing through Siôn-Sieffre's Rese ...

runs adjacent to the village. In 2019 the town received National Lottery Charitable funding for a not-for-profit outlet providing low income families in the community with re-purposed clothing, toiletries, and toys worth £8,780.

Transport

The village is a 12-minute walk, and from

where Tredegar bus station offers services to

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as well as buses to Newport, and local villages. The town is on the route between Newport and Ebbw Vale/Tredegar which provides connections to

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services: * 97 (Ebbw Vale) * 56 (Newport-Tredegar) * 97 (Ebbw Vale) * E11 (Ebbw Vale)

Governance

The Georgetown

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

serves the village. The ward is represented by Councillors John C Morgan (Georgetown, Lab) and Keith Hayden (Georgetown, Lab). The area is represented in the

Senedd The Senedd (; ), officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and () in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales. A democratically elected body, it makes laws for Wales, agrees certain taxes and scrutinises the Welsh Gove ...

by Alun Davies (

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

) and the Member of Parliament is Nick Smith (Labour).

References

External links

Photos of Georgetown and surrounding area on GeographGeorgetown Community Centre webpage
{{authority control Villages in Blaenau Gwent Tredegar