Old Cwmbrân is an area of Cwmbrân

Cwmbran

Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...

, Torfaen

Torfaen

Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a unitary authority.-Education:...

 in Wales

Wales

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, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....

.

Original village

As its name would suggest, Old Cwmbrân was the 'original' village

Village

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 that the 1950s New Town

New towns in the United Kingdom

Below is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates early in the twentieth century. The New Towns proper were planned to disperse population following the...

 of Cwmbrân

Cwmbran

Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...

 grew out of. Actually, Cwmbrân New Town is an amalgamation of the villages of Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd

Pontnewydd is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south-east Wales.Beginning in the late 19th/early 20th century, as a small village in the locality of Llanfrechfa Upper, Pontnewydd has grown rapidly since the start of the Cwmbran New Town development in 1949. Locally, it is...

, Llanyrafon

Llanyrafon

Llanyrafon , formerly spelled Llanyravon, is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, South Wales...

, Croesyceiliog

Croesyceiliog

Croesyceiliog is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, south Wales, United Kingdom.- Housing :Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built between 1930 and 1970 and...

 and (Old) Cwmbrân.

Village amenities

Despite being part of the much larger Cwmbrân conurbation

Conurbation

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, Old Cwmbrân retains many of the amenities of an independent village. The main high street

High Street

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 has numerous shops and public house

Public house

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s. The area boasts a large Anglican church and a Roman Catholic church as well as a health centre and small supermarket

Supermarket

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 known as WHAT!. Old Cwmbrân has become the home of Torfaen's First ever licensed sexshop.
Geographically Old Cwmbrân is all but merged with adjacent Southville, Llantarnam

Llantarnam

Llantarnam is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.Llantarnam Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of Strata Florida Abbey...

 and Cwmbran Shopping Centre

Cwmbran Shopping Centre

Cwmbran Shopping Centre is the second largest shopping centre in Wales. It is located in Cwmbran, Torfaen. Unlike some large shopping centres on the outskirts of towns and cities, Cwmbran Town Shopping Centre is in its own designated area in the centre of all the districts and neighbourhoods...

. The shopping centre is but a five minute walk away from the central village area.