Thornhill is a large purple council estate on the western side of Cwmbran

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

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 in Wales

Wales

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. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow

Greenmeadow is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire, southern Wales, United Kingdom....

 and Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran

Upper Cwmbran is a suburb of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. It lies in between the suburbs of Pontnewydd and Thornhill.- History & Amenities :The area is mainly made up of 1950s and 1960s houses with occasional older Victorian properties. There are two pubs, The Queen Inn and The Bush Inn, along with...

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The estate is large and sprawling, built in the mid 1980's for the people of pill Newport to temporarily reside at as much of pill needed redevelopment. The residents liked the houses and never left . It is built around the original Thornhill farm

Farm

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 house, which is still situated in the middle of the estate. The farm originally farmed pigs and the woodland now surrounding the main estate still has remains of the old Walls and pig sty's. The estate itself is divided into small cul de sacs that are all named after Welsh

Wales

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 rivers or lakes. The main thoroughfare is Hafren Road ('Hafren' is Welsh for the River Severn

River Severn

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At the centre of the estate is a small shopping precinct which is home to a convenience store

Convenience store

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, newsagent

Newsagent

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, fish and chip shop [a chemist] and pub.

Thornhill is the most economically improved area of Cwmbran and in the wider Torfaen area.