Crumlin Arm, Newport

#76 among attractions in Newport

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Facts and practical information

The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire canal is part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal network in South Wales. It connected Crumlin and its tramways to the Docks at Newport. ()

Coordinates: 51°40'47"N, 3°8'12"W

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Newport United Kingdom

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Day trips

Crumlin Arm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pen-y-fan Pond, Pontypool Park, Guardian Sculpture, Twmbarlwm.

1.7 miNW
Park
Pen-y-fan Pond, Blackwood
44 min walk • Pen-y-fan Pond is a man-made reservoir in South Wales built around 1794-6 as part of the engineering works for the Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal. The reservoir was used to maintain the water level in the canal.
4.6 miE
Park
Pontypool Park, Pontypool
119 min walk • Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware.
2.7 miN
Monuments and statues
Guardian Sculpture
68 min walk • The Guardian is a 20 m tall statue overlooking Parc Arael Griffin, the landscaped former Six Bells Colliery site, in the South Wales mining town of Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent. It was designed and created by artist Sebastien Boyesen.
4 miSE
Mountain, Park, Trail
Twmbarlwm, Caerphilly
103 min walk • Twmbarlwm, also known as Twm Barlwm, Twyn Barlwm or locally known as "the Twmp", the Nipple or the Pimple because of the mound that lies at its summit, is a hill situated 2 km to the northeast of Risca in South Wales.
4.5 miE
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Torfaen Museum, Pontypool
115 min walk • Torfaen Museum – formerly the Valley Inheritance Museum and Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum – is an accredited museum located in Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales. It is managed by the Torfaen Museum Trust.
2.2 miN
Cemetery
St Illtyd's Church
55 min walk • St Illtyd's Church is a deconsecrated church in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. A Grade II* listed building, it is the oldest standing building in the county borough. The use of the site for worship dates back to pre-Norman times, with references to the church in a poem written in the 9th or 10th century.
2.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mynydd Twyn-glas
71 min walk • Mynydd Twyn-glas is a sprawling 472-metre-high mountain extending into Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs in South Wales. It lies southwest of Pontypool, west of Cwmbran and east of Newbridge and taking the form of a rolling plateau the margins of which are defined by steep slopes, many of which are cloaked with conifer plantations.
4.4 miSE
51°39'14"N • 3°2'34"W
Greenmeadow Community Farm, Cwmbran
113 min walk • Farm, Park
3.5 miN
51°43'48"N • 3°8'2"W
Abertillery & District Museum, Abertillery
89 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.7 miS
Church
Saint Mary & Saint Philopateer Abu Saifain Coptic Orthodox Church, Newport
120 min walk • St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church is the first Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales, at St Mary Street in Risca, Newport, Wales.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Rhymney Valley
106 min walk • The Rhymney Valley is one of the South Wales valleys, with the Rhymney River forming the border between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Between 1974 and 1996 a Rhymney Valley local government district also existed.

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How to get to Crumlin Arm by public transport?

The nearest stations to Crumlin Arm:

Train

Newbridge (27 min walk)