IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Glan Islwyn, BLACKWOOD, NP12 2DF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Glan Islwyn, NP12 2DF by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (67 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Manor Road, Pontllanfraith
Viewed from Bryn Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.12 miles
2
Green's Fishing Tackle, Pontllanfraith
Specialist shop on the corner of Bryn Road and Manor Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.12 miles
3
Sacred Heart RC Church
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Pontllanfraith, with churchyard flowers adding some colour on rainy afternoon. The white-painted window surrounds give the church an attractive appearance.
Image: © David Roberts
Taken: 20 Apr 2008
0.14 miles
4
Bus stops and bus, Bryn Rd, Pontllanfraith
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 24 Aug 2017
0.16 miles
5
Sacred Heart, Pontllanfraith
Roman Catholic church, Blackwood Road, facing a roundabout at the junction with Commercial Street, Bryn Road and Gelligroes Road. Built in 1853-1854, the church was modernised at the start of the 21st century.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.16 miles
6
Groundwork Caerphilly premises, Pontllanfraith
Grade II listed building, Bryn Road, Pontllanfraith. Inscribed in stone across the top of the building is
MYNYDDISLWYN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OFFICES, with the year 1913 in the centre, between URBAN and DISTRICT.
Mynyddislwyn UDC ceased to exist following the 1974 local government reforms.
Groundwork Caerphilly is a charity which helps people and organisations make changes in order to create better neighbourhoods, to build skills and job prospects, and to live and work in a greener way. It is part of Groundwork in Wales, a local, regional and national environmental regeneration network building sustainable communities in Wales.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.16 miles
7
The Bird in Hand, Bryn Rd, Pontllanfraith
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 24 Aug 2017
0.17 miles
8
The former Mynyddislwyn Urban District Council Offices
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 24 Aug 2017
0.17 miles
9
Gelligroes Road houses, Pontllanfraith
The row of houses contains numbers 1-6 Gelligroes Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.18 miles
10
Bird in Hand pub, Pontllanfraith
Viewed from Manor Road. The pub is set back from, and below, Bryn Road.
The well-known proverb 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' first appears in print in 1670. Earlier variants include 'Better one byrde in hande than ten in the wood.' On a similar theme, Wycliffe's 1382 translation of the Bible has (Ecclesiastes IX) 'A living dog is better than a dead lion.'
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 24 May 2011
0.18 miles