Ebbw Vale
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Looking north over Ebbw Vale from Hilltop | |
Location within Blaenau Gwent | |
Population | 18,558 |
OS grid reference | SO165095 |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | EBBW VALE |
Postcode district | NP23 |
Dialling code | 01495 |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Ebbw Vale (/ˈɛbuː veɪl/; Welsh: Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr conurbation has a population of roughly 33,000. It has direct access to the dualled A465 Heads of the Valleys trunk road and borders the Brecon Beacons National Park.