Torfaen is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-west and north-west. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire, and between 1974 and 1996 was a district of Gwent, until it was reconstituted as a principal area in 1996.
Image: The winding house at Big Pit geograph.org.uk 1987857
Image: Severn Early Autumn
Image: Ffug dwr Pontypwl Pontypool Folly geograph.org.uk 3742707
Monmouthshire is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west. The largest town is Abergavenny, and the administrative centre is Usk.
Image: Autumn view from the Kymin 2 geograph.org.uk 2171172
Image: Ragland
Image: Old Severn Bridge HDR
Hillfort on the summit of Skirrid Fawr