Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom
🏴 Cwmbran is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales.
Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a new town in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield.
Economy The longest established employer in Cwmbran is biscuit maker Burton's Foods, who employ 1000 people to make its Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels biscuits. As of 2005, the Cwmbran plant produces over 400 million Wagon Wheels a year.
Safran Seats Great Britain (formerly Zodiac Aerospace) is the current owner of a factory in Cwmbran which employs 1000 people for manufacturing aircraft seats.
Cwmbran Centre Constructed from 1959 to 1981, the pedestrianised Centre hosts supermarkets, high street retailers, banks, theatre, cinema, bowling alley, restaurants, creche, trampoline park, gym, police station, magistrates court, youth centre, pub, library, arts centre and office space. The 170+ shops can be accessed by the bus station located in the Centre, a train station a few minutes walk north-east or with the 3000 free parking spaces located around the Centre's ring road.
SME-businesses include the Cwmbran Brewery in Upper Cwmbran, which opened in 1996 as Cottage Spring Brewery.
Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales, United Kingdom
Cwmbran has a population of over 48,535 people. Cwmbran also forms one of the centres of the wider Torfaen county which has a population of over 93,961 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Cwmbran has links with:
🇩🇪 Bruchsal, Germany
🇵🇱 Ostrów Wielkopolski 51.65
🏴 Borehamwood 51.65
🏴 Rickmansworth 51.638
🏴 High Wycombe 51.629
Locations Near: Cwmbran -3.0147,51.651
🏴 Newport -3,51.583 d: 7.6
🏴 Abergavenny -3.017,51.824 d: 19.2
🏴 Caerphilly -3.218,51.578 d: 16.2
🏴 Cardiff -3.167,51.467 d: 23
🏴 Ebbw Vale -3.215,51.797 d: 21.3
🏴 Weston-super-Mare -2.978,51.348 d: 33.8
🏴 Pontypridd -3.342,51.602 d: 23.2
🏴 Barry -3.26,51.42 d: 30.8
🏴 Merthyr Tydfil -3.375,51.761 d: 27.6
Antipodal to: Cwmbran 176.985,-51.651
🇳🇿 Dunedin 170.474,-45.884 d: 19216.4
🇳🇿 Christchurch 172.617,-43.517 d: 19053.5
🇳🇿 Canterbury 171.58,-43.543 d: 19027.3
🇳🇿 Invercargill 168.373,-46.413 d: 19159.7
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 18849.9
🇳🇿 Queenstown 168.658,-45.033 d: 19057
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18844.2
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 18844.2
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 18836.3