Ebbw Vale

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Ebbw Vale

Total population

18,095

Coordinates51.78°, -3.21°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr conurbation has a population of roughly 33,000. It has direct access to the dualled A465 Heads of the Valleys trunk road and borders the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Berwyn Jones

Welsh sprint athlete, rugby union and rugby league footballer (1940-2007)

Julian Cope

British musician and author

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Mike Ruddock

Welsh rugby union footballer and coach

Darcy Blake

Welsh association football player (born 1988)

William Henry Williams

Welsh rugby union player

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Idris Davies

Welsh poet (1905–1953)

Glyndwr Michael

Welsh homeless man who posthumously served in World War Two as Major William Martin

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Abel J. Jones

British writer (1878-1949)

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Alan Fitch

British politician (1915-1985)

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Clifford Williams

Welsh politician (1905-1987)

Alfred Mathews

Welsh rugby union player

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Ben Ellis

Welsh footballer (1906-1968)

Bert Turner

Welsh footballer

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Bill Evans

rugby union player

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Billy Bassett

Welsh footballer (1912-1977)

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Billy Gore

Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer (1919-2010)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Wales

• Abergavenny
  8.7 mi away · pop. 13,423
• Treharris
  9.1 mi away · pop. 12,352
• Goytre
  10.3 mi away
• Little Mill
  10.5 mi away
• Llanddewi Rhydderch
  11.5 mi away
• Coed-y-paen
  12.6 mi away
• Llanvapley
  12.6 mi away
• Trostrey
  12.8 mi away
• Llanarth
  12.9 mi away
• Llanvetherine
  13.2 mi away
• Llangattock Lingoed
  13.6 mi away
• Llanfrechfa
  13.7 mi away · pop. 120

Browse all places in Wales →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ebbw Vale

[Report 1943]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1943

[Report 1953]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1953

[Report 1952]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1952

[Report 1956]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1956

[Report 1960]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1960

[Report 1968]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1968

[Report 1969]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1969

[Report 1966]

Ebbw Vale (Wales). Urban District Council · 1966

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers