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Gelli Avenue railway bridge, Risca
Gelli Avenue heads away from Park Road under an 11 foot 3 inch headroom railway bridge. The bridge carries the Cardiff Central to Ebbw Vale Parkway route, a little northwest of Risca and Pontymister railway station.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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Hillside, Risca
The side street Hillside runs parallel with the railway line. It connects with Gelli Avenue.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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The Fox and Hounds, Pontymister
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 10 Feb 2009
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Risca Citizens Advice Bureau
Located on Park Road. The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice, and by influencing policy makers.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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Wellspring Medical Centre, Risca
Located on Park Road. The medical centre opened in December 1991 in these purpose-built premises.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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The Catholic Church, Risca
On the corner of Park Road and Lyne Road.
On its notice board, the church calls itself The Catholic Church Risca. On the next line it lists St Anthony of Padua and St Clare of Assisi (though the board shows Assissi).
The church is in the archdiocese of Cardiff.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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Park Place, Risca
Houses on the east side of Park Place, viewed from the corner of Park Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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Risca Senior Citizens Club
Located on the south side of Park Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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Station Road, Risca
A view north from the B4591 end. Risca railway station used to be at the northern end of the road.
The town had no railway station from its closure in 1962 until 2008, when Risca and Pontymister railway station, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1749458 located about 500 metres east of the former station, opened in 2008.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Apr 2013
0.10 miles
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The view from the northern edge of platform 1, Risca and Pontymister railway station
The next station in this direction is Crosskeys, on the route to Ebbw Vale Parkway.
Risca and Pontymister station was built in 2007 and opened in February 2008 when services between Cardiff Central and Ebbw Vale Parkway began. An hourly service to Newport is planned.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
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