Industrial Wales - The Leftovers

Potted histories, potted maps, potted notes and potted memories on all the places that I and others have visited and remember, along with Grid References so that you can visit them too. There's still an awful lot I haven't visited yet so this will keep me busy and out of my wife's way now I'm retired. The trouble is, in the name of reclamation and re-generation, so many old and historic industrial sites are being lost to housing and supermarkets, because they're Victorian, not 'Roman' or 'Elizabethan'. This site goes a little way to recording them.

So loads of photos of Welsh Industrial Leftovers taken over the past few years with maps and a few historical views thrown in for good measure.

Monmouthshire

The Eastern Valley Up through Cwmbran to Pontypool then Pontnewynydd, Abersychan, Varteg and Blaenavon to the Blorenge tramroads Click here for  The Eastern Valley	The Western Valley Risca, Abercarn, Newbridge and Llanhilleth, then Abertillery to Brynmawr or Cwm through Ebbw Vale to Beaufort Click here for  The Western Valley	The Sirhowy Valley To Ynysddu, Blackwood, Markham , Tredegar and Trefil over the hills on the Brinore Tramroad to Talybont Click here for  The Sirhowy Valley	The Rhymney Valley Past the Draethen lead mines, Machen to Caerphilly, Bargoed, up the Darran Valley to Fochrhiw and Rhymney and Twynau Gwynion Click here for  The Rhymney Valley
The Clydach Gorge Following the many tramroads and the Heads of the Valleys railway past the industries they served on their way Click here for  The Clydach Gorge	The City of Newport The City Centre of Newport and the railways, wharves, bridges and new and old docks on both sides of the River Usk Click here for  The City of Newport	Newport City Suburbs Away from the centre from West Usk Lighthouse through Bassaleg, Rogerstone, Caerleon, Ponthir to East Usk Lighthouse Click here for  Newport City Suburbs	Rural Monmouthshire Along the Usk Valley to Usk, Abergavenny and Talybont and around the coast throught Sudbrook to Chepstow and Tintern Click here for  Rural Monmouthshire

Cardiff, South and Mid Glamorgan

Cardiff City The City of Cardiff, its railway and canal network leading to the docks and Cardiff Bay Click here for  Cardiff City	South Glamorgan Along the coast from Penarth through Barry and Aberthaw towards Bridgend Click here for  South Glamorgan	The Southern Taff Vale From Melingriffith, underground at the Garth Iron Mine, past Taffs Well to Treforest Click here for  The Southern Taff Vale	The Northern Taff Vale From Pontypridd through Abercynon to Rhydycar and along the Pen-y-Darran tramroad Click here for  The Northern Taff Vale
Merthyr Tydvil Merthyr Tydvil and Cyfarthfa, Dowlais and Morlais Quarries up the Taff Fechan to Torpantau Click here for  Merthyr Tydvil	Bridgend and its valleys Around Bridgend, Tondu and Llantrisant then up the Ely, Ogwr and Garw Valleys Click here for  Bridgend and its valleys	The Cynon Valley From Mountain Ash, Aberdare, Aberaman, Cwmdare, Hirwaun and on to Penderyn Click here for  The Cynon Valley	The Rhondda From Hopkinstown, through the valley to the wild ruins above Blaenrhondda Click here for  The Rhondda Valley

West Wales

West Wales Neath Abbey Ironworks, the Afan Valley, Gower, Carmarthenshire and Brecon Click here for  West Wales

The Head of the Valleys The Upper Neath and Tawe Valleys for Gunpowder, Silica mines and zig-zag railways Click here for  Head of the Valleys

Pembrokeshire Behind the Saundersfoot Railway and the quarries at Porthgain and Abereiddi Click here for  Pembrokeshire

Mid and North Wales

Mid Wales The vast complex of the Cwmystwyth Lead Mines, explored both inside and out Click here for  Mid Wales

North Wales Snowdonia's quarries and tramways and the Dee Valley to Pontcysyllte Click here for  North Wales

Great Little (and Large) Trains Many of the railways, ancient and modern, around Mid and North Wales Click here for  Great Little (and Large) Trains