Torfaen valley

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Torfaen valley is a valley in southeast Wales known for its industrial heritage and the course of the Afon Llwyd river running through it.

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Torfaen valley canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf valley ⓘ
administrativeCentreInValley Pontypool ⓘ
containsSettlement Abersychan ⓘ
Blaenavon ⓘ
Cwmbran ⓘ
Garndiffaith ⓘ
Griffithstown ⓘ
New Inn ⓘ
Ponthir ⓘ
Pontypool ⓘ
Talywain ⓘ
Varteg ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
drainageBasin Severn Estuary ⓘ
flowsTowards River Usk via Afon Llwyd ⓘ
linked to: River Usk
geologicalType glacially modified river valley ⓘ
hasFeature former collieries ⓘ
former ironworks ⓘ
railway heritage remnants ⓘ
hasHeritage Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ⓘ
hasTransportCorridor A4042 road ⓘ
Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal (southern section vicinity) ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Blaenavon Industrial Landscape ⓘ
historicalActivity coal mining ⓘ
iron ore mining ⓘ
iron smelting ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
industrialPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor coal mining history ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
ironworking history ⓘ
steelworking history ⓘ
languageRegion English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn South Wales Valleys ⓘ
Torfaen ⓘ
southeast Wales ⓘ
linked to: South East Wales
partOf historic county of Monmouthshire ⓘ
passesThroughLocalAuthority Torfaen County Borough ⓘ
linked to: Torfaen
region Gwent ⓘ
riverSourceArea Brecon Beacons foothills (for Afon Llwyd) ⓘ
tourismType industrial heritage tourism ⓘ
walking and outdoor recreation ⓘ
traversedBy Afon Llwyd ⓘ
watercourse Afon Llwyd ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afon Llwyd → locatedIn → Torfaen valley ⓘ