Pontymoile

Pontymoile Welsh: Pont-y-moel
Principal area	Torfaen
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PONTYPOOL
Postcode district	NP4-6
Dialling code	01495
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Torfaen

Pontymoile (Welsh: Pont-y-moel) is a large community of the town of Pontypool in Torfaen, south east Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

It is directly south of Pontypool and is bordered by Griffithstown to the south and New Inn to the east. It is all but merged with the nearby suburbs of Cwmynyscoy and Upper Race.

The Grade II, CADW-listed fine metal gates that form the southern entrance Pontypool Park are known as Pontymoile Gates .

It contains a mixture of traditional Welsh terraced houses, early Edwardian townhouses and modern 1960s flats and local authority housing.

Pontymoile is spread across a large area and so is home to much of Pontypool's facilities including West Monmouth School, Coleg Gwent's Pontypool campus, the Pontymoile Basin on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal as well as St. Matthew's Anglican Church and the nondenominational Pontymoile Christian Mission on Rockhill Road. Pontymoile has its own primary school as well as a small selection of shops and public houses.

Redevelopment

The area was subject to massive redevelopment in the late 1990s when a new flyover on the A472 road was constructed to divert traffic from what had become a 'bottle-neck' road system in Pontypool. This resulted in many buildings being demolished (including the original Pontymoile Mission). The development also resulted in a new road system to West Monmouth School and Coleg Gwent's Pontypool campus.

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Pontymoile and surrounding area