Llanhilleth
Parish in Blaenau Gwent, Wales
| Coordinates: | 51.698, -3.134 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 21 00 |
| Dialling code: | 01495 (Pontypool) |
Llanhilleth sits in the Ebbw Fach valley within Blaenau Gwent in south-east Wales, a former coalfield landscape of steep valley sides, terraced housing and the remains of pithead infrastructure. Its history is dominated by 19th- and 20th-century coal mining and ironworking, and that industrial past still shapes the local topography and community memory, with memorials and reclaimed green spaces where collieries once stood.
Today Llanhilleth is a small, close-knit community with local shops, churches and community projects, plus commuter links on the Ebbw Valley rail line that connect to Ebbw Vale and Cardiff. The area shares cultural ties with nearby valleys such as Abertillery, hosting local festivals and grassroots sports, and has seen steady regeneration efforts aimed at balancing heritage with new housing and employment opportunities.
Postcode districts covering Llanhilleth
Most populated places nearby
- Cardiff 13.7 miles
- Newport 10.7 miles
- Tonypandy 15 miles
- Barry 20.7 miles
- Bridgend 22.6 miles
- Cwmbran Central 5.7 miles
- Cwmbrân 5.6 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 11.1 miles
- Coity Higher 21.8 miles
- Pontypool 4.3 miles
- Ebbw Vale 6.6 miles
- Ebbw Vale North 6.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Llanhilleth Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Trinant Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Crumlin Parish 0.6 miles
- Swffryd Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Newbridge Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Oakdale Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Abertillery and Six Bells Ward 2 miles
- Pen Tranch Parish 2.4 miles
- Penmaen Parish 2.4 miles
- Abertillery Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Argoed Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Pontypool Fawr Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Llanhilleth
NP13 2JJ, NP13 2JG, NP13 2RW, NP13 2JD, NP11 5DX, NP11 5HT, NP13 2JS, NP13 2AF, NP13 2RT … See all
Transport links
- Cardiff Airport 22.7 miles
- Bristol Airport 28.1 miles
- Llanhilleth Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Newbridge Railway Station 2.2 miles
Hotels near Llanhilleth Ad
- The Little Crown Inn 4 3.6 miles
- Brewers Lodge 3 3.9 miles
- Best Western Pontypool Metro Hotel 3 4.8 miles
- Bryn Meadows Golf, Hotel & Spa 4 4.6 miles
- The Cwmcarn Hotel 2 4.3 miles
- Maes Manor Hotel 4 2.8 miles
- Castle Lodge 4.8 miles
- Premier Inn Pontypool 3 4.8 miles
- Pontypool 3 4.8 miles
- The Old Stables 4.9 miles
Schools in Llanhilleth
- Sofrydd Primary Primary
- St. Illtyd's Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Pontypool Park Stadium 4.3 miles
- Blaenavon World Heritage Centre Museum 5.5 miles
- Cwmbran Town Stadium 6.2 miles
- Craig Llysfaen Mountains 9.7 miles
- Tredegar Park Estate 10.4 miles
- Newport Stadium Stadium 11.2 miles
- Sardis Road Stadium 11.3 miles
- Vita Student Cardiff College 14.6 miles
- Cardiff University Queens Buildings University 14.9 miles
- St. David's Shopping centre 15.1 miles
- Millennium Stadium Stadium 15.3 miles
- Cardiff Millenium Stadium Stadium 15.3 miles