Brynmawr is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys. It grew with the development of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 19th century. Until the reorganisation of local authorities in 1974, Brynmawr was administered as part of the county of Brecknockshire.
Market Square and Market Hall Cinema
Until 1963 there was a railway station which had been opened a hundred years before by the London and North Western Railway.
The Semtex Boiler House in 2011
Beaufort Street, the town's main street
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, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at 1,896 feet (578 m).
Image: View from Brynithel looking down on Aberbeeg geograph.org.uk 2080181
Image: Grade II listed Christ Church, Ebbw Vale geograph.org.uk 2625486 (cropped)
Image: Sirhowy Ironworks, Dukestown, Tredegar geograph.org.uk 2943096
