Old Cwmbrân (; also known as Cwmbrân Village) is an area of

Cwmbrân Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to p ...

, Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of

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Original village

Old Cwmbrân was the village which gave the 1950s

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its name, the New Town being an amalgamation of the villages of

Pontnewydd Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales. It should not be confused with Pontnewynydd in nearby Pontypool. An 18th century settlement within the historical parish of Llanfrechfa Upper, Pontnewydd beca ...

Llanyrafon Llanyrafon is a suburb of Cwmbran and a community in the county borough of Torfaen in south east Wales. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Etymology Sometimes written on ol ...

Croesyceiliog Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales. Housing Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built betw ...

and (Old) Cwmbrân.

Village amenities

Despite being part of the much larger Cwmbrân

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, Old Cwmbrân retains many of the amenities of an independent village. The main high street has numerous shops and public houses. The area boasts a large

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church and a Roman Catholic church as well as a

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and small

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known as ''WHAT!'' Old Cwmbrân has become the home of Torfaen's first licensed sexshop. Geographically, Old Cwmbrân all but merged with adjacent Southville, Llantarnam and

Cwmbran Centre Cwmbran Centre is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. Formerly named Cwmbran Shopping, it was officially renamed Cwmbran Centre on 3 July 2017 As a New Town in 1949 the town centre was planned i ...

. The shopping centre five minutes walk from the central village area.

References

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