Garn-yr-erw

Garn-yr-erw
Old school building at Garn-yr-Erw
Garn-yr-erw
Location within Torfaen
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPONTYPOOL
Postcode districtNP4
Dialling code01495
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament

Garn-yr-erw (also spelt Garnyrerw) 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.

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

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