The Crumlin Arm of the Monmouthshire Canal is part of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal network in South Wales. It connected Crumlin and its tramways to the Docks at Newport. The Crumlin to Abercarn section opened in March 1794, and two years later, the branch was open except for Fourteen Locks. It was not until […]
Risca
The place where we live now. Risca (Welsh: Rhisga) is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, which opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008 after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two communities: Risca East […]