Sebastopol

Sebastopol
Monmouthshire
Location
Location:	51°40’44"N, 3°1’30"W
Data
Post town:	Pontypool
Postcode:	NP4
Dialling code:	01495
Local Government
Council:	Torfaen
Parliamentary constituency:	Torfaen

Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. It is named in honour of the Crimean city of Sevastopol (also spelled Sebastopol) that was taken during the Crimean War. It is a working-class area consisting of mainly privately owned terraced houses and a substantial number of local authority/ex-local authority housing (known as the Kemys Fawr Estate).

Today Sebastopol is a large community that is all but merged with nearby Griffithstown. Like nearby New Inn, Sebastopol does not have a central village area, but is spread out along its main thoroughfares South Street & Greenhill Road.

There is little infrastructure due to its proximity to Griffithstown. There are three general shops: two on South Street and a general store on The Avenue (Kemys Fawr Estate). There is a fish & chip shop as well as a barber shop, printer, a garage door operation and poodle parlour. A large number of second-hand car salesrooms are based on Station Road. "The Crown", "The Open Hearth" and "Sebastopol Social Club" are the local pubs. There are two churches: Penry Gospel Hall and St Oswald's Anglican Church, but most ecclesiastical needs are met by Griffithstown. Kemys Fawr Infant & Nursery School is located on the Kemys Fawr Estate and provides education for 3 to 7-year-olds.

The Monmouthshire Canal runs through Sebastopol from Brecon on its way to Newport.

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