Garn-yr-erw explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Garn-yr-erw
Coordinates:51.7837°N -3.1098°W
Official Name:Garn-yr-erw
Static Image:Old school building at Garn-yr-Erw near Blaenafon (geograph 3254713).jpg
Static Image Caption:Old school building at Garn-yr-Erw
Unitary Wales:Torfaen
Lieutenancy Wales:Gwent
Constituency Westminster:Torfaen
Post Town:PONTYPOOL
Postcode District:NP4
Postcode Area:NP
Dial Code:01495

Garn-yr-erw is a village in south-eastern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Llwyd north of Blaenavon and Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. The village lies at an altitude of approx 400 metres on the side of Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire and is cited by the Ordnance Survey as the highest village in Wales.[1]

The village had a station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway from 1913 until the line's closure in 1941.[2]

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  1. Web site: MapZone. Ordnance Survey. 2007-03-04.
  2. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Railway and Canal Historical Society. 2002. Richmond. 191. 931112387.