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Pontypool Park

Introduction

Pontypool Park is an early-19th-century landscape park with modern additions for leisure and recreation. There is a well-preserved 19th-century shell hermitage, and unusual twin icehouses of the same period. The northern section of the park is occupied by a large mid-19th-century arboretum.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Telephone

01443 336000

Access contact details

Pontypool Park is a municipal park, open daily for general public use.

Owners

Torfaen County Borough Council

Features & Designations

Designations

  • Conservation Area

  • Reference: Pontypool Town Centre (house and stables only)
  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(Gt) 26
  • Grade: II*
  • National Park

  • Reference: Brecon Beacons National Park (site of tower folly only)
  • CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales

  • Reference: Stables
  • Grade: II

Features

  • Icehouse
  • Description: Unusual twin icehouses from the early-19th century.
  • Shell Grotto
  • Description: A shell hermitage.
  • Cottage Ornee
Key Information

Type

Park

Purpose

Recreational/sport

Principal Building

Parks, Gardens And Urban Spaces

Survival

Extant

Hectares

64

Open to the public

Yes

References

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