Label Position: | bottom |
Country: | Wales |
Coordinates: | 51.7261°N -3.1728°W |
Official Name: | Llan-dafel |
Local Name: | Llandafal |
Community Wales: | Cwm |
Unitary Wales: | Blaenau Gwent |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Blaenau Gwent |
Constituency Westminster: | Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Blaenau Gwent |
Post Town: | Ebbw Vale |
Postcode District: | NP23 |
Postcode Area: | NP |
Dial Code: | 01495 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO178037 |
Llan-dafel (also referred to as Llandafal) is a village in the community of Cwm, in the Ebbw Valley in Blaenau Gwent.
It is located south of Ebbw Vale and west of Abertillery. It is north west of Newport. The A4046 runs near to the village.
The area is the location of the Aberbeeg Enduro Track (motocross track), a track site designated as legal by Blaenau Gwent Borough Council.[1]
The area is not to be confused with Tai Calon Community Housing's Ebbw Vale Llandafal Court site in Ebbw Vale, a Supported Living scheme built in 1989 on part of the former Dyffryn School site.[2]
The village is a 12-minute walk, and 0.6miles from Tredegar, where Tredegar Bus Station offers services to Ebbw Vale Town railway station, as well as buses to Newport, and local villages.
The town's Waterloo Terrace stop is on the route between Newport and Ebbw Vale/Tredegar which provides connections to Stagecoach South Wales services:[3]
The Llan-dafel electoral ward serves the village. The ward is represented by Councillors Derrick Bevan (Cwm, Lab) and Gareth Leslie Davies (Cwm, PC).[4]
The area is represented in the Senedd by Alun Davies (Labour)[5] and the Member of Parliament is Nick Smith (Labour).[6]