Swffryd (or Sofrydd) is a

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community on the boundary of

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, E ...

County Borough Council.

Geography

The

Ebbw River The Ebbw River (; cy, Afon Ebwy) is a river in South Wales which gives its name to the town of Ebbw Vale. The Ebbw River is joined by the Ebbw Fach River (Welsh: Afon Ebwy Fach meaning 'little Ebbw river') at Aberbeeg. The Ebbw Fach is itself fe ...

flows past the west of the village. It is located north east of Crumlin, south of

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and north west of

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. The B4471 and A472 runs near to the village. The population of the

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is 5,947 including the whole ward of Crumlin. Most of the site was built as local authority houses to house the mining population. Lewis Street, Rectory Road and other parts in the west of the village have older houses and buildings. Remains of the

Crumlin Viaduct The Crumlin Viaduct was a railway viaduct located above the village of Crumlin in South Wales, originally built to carry the Taff Vale Extension of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (NA&HR) across the Ebbw River. Hailed as "one ...

can still be seen in Swffryd / Sofrydd and can be seen in full view from neighbouring Crumlin just off Lewis Street at the top of the embankment.

Politics

The Llanhilleth electoral ward serves the village. The ward is represented by Councillors Norman Lee Parsons (Llanhilleth, Ind), Hedley McCarthy (Llanhilleth,

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), and Joanne Collins (Llanhilleth, Ind). The area is represented in the

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by Alun Davies ( Labour) and the Member of Parliament is Nick Smith (Labour).

Transport

The village is a 37-minute walk, and from

Llanhilleth railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Llanhilleth - railway station.jpg , borough = Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent , country = Wales , coordinates = , grid_name ...

. It is also a 48-minute walk to Newbridge railway station. Both stations provide hourly trains from Ebbw Vale to Cardiff Central, and in 2021, to Newport. The town is served by the bus stops on the B4471 at Sofrydd Schools and Walters Avenue stops, with connections t
Stagecoach South Wales services:
* 21 (Cwmbran-Blackwood/Pontypool) * 62 (Ebbw Vale-Cwmbran) * X15 (Newport-Brynmawr) * X1 (Cwmbran-Brynmawr and Pontypool) * 95A (Abertillery) * 95B (Newbridge) * 95C (Aberbeeg)

References

External links

Heritage page
for Crumlin Viaduct

at Industrial Gwent Villages in Blaenau Gwent {{Wales-geo-stub