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New Inn

New Inn
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The Highway and junction with New Road. Looking south towards Berry's Corner
New Inn is located in Torfaen
New Inn
New Inn
New Inn shown within Torfaen
Area 11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi) 
Population 5,986 (2011)
• Density 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
OS grid reference ST 300 999
Community
  • New Inn
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PONTYPOOL
Postcode district NP4
Dialling code 01495
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
List of places
UK
Wales
Torfaen
51°41′28″N 3°00′32″W / 51.691°N 3.009°W / 51.691; -3.009Coordinates: 51°41′28″N 3°00′32″W / 51.691°N 3.009°W / 51.691; -3.009

New Inn is a village and community of approximately 3,000 households located to the south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

The village is bounded to the north by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal; on the east by the Torfaen and Monmouthshire administrative border; the western boundary follows the Afon Lwyd river between Pontypool Park Gates and Chapel Lane in Pontrhydyrun. The southern boundary is difficult to accurately determine but probably extends no further than the Pimlico Garage on the old Newport Road.

The modern-day village grew from a small number of houses built during the very late nineteenth century and into the twentieth century along The Highway (the main road through the village), which was then the main route between Newport (to the south) and Pontypool. The development of Panteg steelworks and a large marshalling yard and building of Pontypool Road Station further allowed the village to expand. By 1910 the village's population was around 800.

The initial housing along The Highway was added to during several phases. Residential housing was built around the Ruth Road and Coed-y-Canddo areas containing predominantly 1930s-style housing accommodating more prosperous railway workers. Council housing was built in the 1950s on Caroline Road and adjacent roads as well as in the lower New Inn area (known as the Lancaster Road estate). Of interest are the still-standing prefabricated homes built shortly after the Second World War along The Walk. Further post-war developments included the 'Heol Felin' housing estate (all roads begin Heol (Welsh for road)) built throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. The Golf Road development followed from the late 1960s into the 1970s and grew further with additional developments in the 1980s. The more recent development has seen the former Walker Steel industrial area (which itself had been built on what was known as the Admiralty sidings) between the railway and the canal was developed into the Coed Camlas housing estate.


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