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Greenmeadow Drive, Crosskeys
A cul-de-sac of modern houses on the north side of Medart Place (B4591).
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
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Medart Place houses, Crosskeys
On the north side of the B4591 Medart Place viewed from near the corner of Blackvein Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 23 May 2018
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Crosskeys Tyres
Tyre retailers set back from Medart Place (B4591), next door to W D Cars. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2419416
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
0.08 miles
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W D Cars Ltd, Crosskeys
Second-hand car business, Medart Place (B4591).
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
0.08 miles
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West along Waunfawr Gardens, Crosskeys
The sign on the corner of Blackvein Road shows that Waunfawr Gardens is not a through route.
The eastern edge of Coleg Gwent Crosskeys Campus is behind the houses in the background.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 23 May 2018
0.08 miles
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Blackvein Road semis, Crosskeys
Semi-detached houses on the approach to the Waunfawr Gardens junction. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5785098
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 23 May 2018
0.08 miles
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Ivy-clad houses, Medart Place, Crosskeys
A row of semi-detached houses on the north side of the B4591. The houses in the middle of the row face Black Vein Road. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1759685
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 10 Apr 2011
0.08 miles
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Corner of Medart Place and Blackvein Road, Crosskeys
I haven't yet found out if the front part of the house on the corner has any connection with Black Vein Colliery (a former lodge, perhaps?)
Blackvein Road on the left formerly led to Black Vein Colliery. It was worked fully between 1841 and 1888 until the North Risca Colliery (Crosskeys) was opened. It then operated intermittently until the 1920s.
Black Vein was extremely gaseous in some sections, and became known as the "Death Pit" because of the number of explosions. Between 1846 and 1860 explosions killed 194 miners. The deadliest explosion was in December 1860 when 146 were killed.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
0.08 miles
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Mynydd Y Lan in the distance, Medart Place, Crosskeys
Medart Place (B4591) heads away from the turning for The Meadows. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1759297
In the distance is Mynydd Y Lan (385 metres or 1,263 feet).
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 11 Mar 2010
0.08 miles
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Outdated bus stop sign, Medart Place, Crosskeys
In May 2018, the bus stop sign near the corner of Blackvein Road shows three services operated by Glyn Williams. In 2006, the family firm sold their shares in Crosskeys Coach Hire, which traded as Glyn Williams Travel, to Red and White Services, a subsidiary of Stagecoach, who now operate the buses stopping here.
The white arrow on the small blue label on the bus stop pole points left towards Blackvein Road for National Cycle Network Route 47, a mainly inland route from the city of Newport to Fishguard via Neath and Carmarthen.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 23 May 2018
0.08 miles