New Tredegar

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new Tredegar
Monmouthshire

View of New Tredegar from the mountainside
Location
Grid reference: SO1456002953
Location: 51°43’6"N, 3°14’13"W
Data
Population: 4,966
Post town: Tredegar
Postcode: NP24
Dialling code: 01443
Local Government
Council: Caerphilly
Parliamentary
constituency:
Caerphilly

New Tredegar is a former mining community in western Monmouthshire.

The area is rich in the mining heritage of the South Wales coalfield. New Tredegar is home to The Winding House, a museum which opened in 2008.

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