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Outdated advert on a Bournville phone box
This mid-September 2013 view across Bournville Road shows that a BT (British Telecom) advert "Bringing it all together for London 2012" remains on the side of the phonebox more than a year after the end of the London Olympics.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 18 Sep 2013
0.12 miles
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on No34 Bournville Road. It marks a point 252.816m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 30 Jun 2023
0.13 miles
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End of The Line (1)
Class 33, 33019 stands on the truncated Aberbeeg - Brynmawr line on the outskirts of Blaina close to Rose Heyworth Colliery. The loco was on the Welsh Washery Wanderer railtour operated by Hertfordshire Railtours. The railtour visited on 28th September 1985 with closure of the colliery due to take place on October 9th, 1985. The railway line would close soon after and the trackbed is now used by the A467 road north of Abertillery.
On the left of the photo is Mynydd Carn-y-cefn.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 28 Sep 1985
0.14 miles
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End of The Line (2)
Class 45, 45139 stands on the truncated Aberbeeg - Brynmawr line on the outskirts of Blaina close to Rose Heyworth Colliery. The loco was on the Welsh Washery Wanderer railtour operated by Hertfordshire Railtours. The railtour visited on 28th September 1985 with closure of the colliery due to take place on October 9th, 1985. The railway line would close soon after and the trackbed is now used by the A467 road north of Abertillery. The houses on Bournville Road are visible in the centre beyond the locomotive.
Image: © Martin Addison
Taken: 28 Sep 1985
0.14 miles
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the wall of No121 Bournville Road. It marks a point 253.697m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 30 Jun 2023
0.15 miles
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Britannia Halt (remains)
View NW, towards Brynmawr; ex-GWR Newport - Aberbeeg - Brynmawr line. This Halt, called Tyler's Arms until 1933, was between Abertillery and Blaina and was closed on 30/4/62, when the passenger service on the branch ceased; the line was used for coal traffic until 30/7/78.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 14 Jul 1966
0.15 miles
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Hospital Garage on Bournville Road
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 24 May 2014
0.15 miles
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Bournville Road, Bournville
Looking north, in the direction of Blaina, along the main road through the small community of Bournville, Blaenau Gwent.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Feb 2011
0.15 miles
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View ENE from Bournville Road, Bournville
This Bournville is in Blaenau Gwent, a small community to the south of Blaina.
The view is ENE towards high ground peaking at about 400 metres, roughly 1300 feet.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 3 Feb 2011
0.16 miles
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KTB's Carpets & Beds, Bournville
The shop is at 8 Bournville Road, a few metres into Bournville, a small community south of Blaina.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 18 Sep 2013
0.16 miles