A double #SlowWays in marvellous autumnal sunshine. #Newbridge and #Abercarn and then Abercarn to #Risca. The first was not accessible despite my best efforts with #secateurs and the second a #canal towpath stroll. A wonderful part of the world! #Caerphilly #Wales #Cymru @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
October 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
A double #SlowWays in marvellous autumnal sunshine. #Newbridge and #Abercarn and then Abercarn to #Risca. The first was not accessible despite my best efforts with #secateurs and the second a #canal towpath stroll. A wonderful part of the world! #Caerphilly #Wales #Cymru @slowwaysuk.bsky.social
I never get tired of the view watching Rugby at Abercarn Welfare.
Another season is here.
One of my happy places.
Abercarn RFC. We go again.
Another season is here.
One of my happy places.
Abercarn RFC. We go again.
September 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I never get tired of the view watching Rugby at Abercarn Welfare.
Another season is here.
One of my happy places.
Abercarn RFC. We go again.
Another season is here.
One of my happy places.
Abercarn RFC. We go again.
I've mentioned it before, but this season, I've been putting together the highlights for my local Rugby Union side - Abercarn RFC.
We're in WRU Division 2 East. All of Octobers games are now up. I'd love it if my Rugby friends on here would give them a watch and a like.
youtube.com/@abercarnrug...
We're in WRU Division 2 East. All of Octobers games are now up. I'd love it if my Rugby friends on here would give them a watch and a like.
youtube.com/@abercarnrug...
Abercarn Rugby
Abercarn RFC are an amateur Rugby club playing in the Gwent valleys.
Formed in 1895. The club achieved promotion from Division 3 East in the 2023/24 season
youtube.com
October 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I've mentioned it before, but this season, I've been putting together the highlights for my local Rugby Union side - Abercarn RFC.
We're in WRU Division 2 East. All of Octobers games are now up. I'd love it if my Rugby friends on here would give them a watch and a like.
youtube.com/@abercarnrug...
We're in WRU Division 2 East. All of Octobers games are now up. I'd love it if my Rugby friends on here would give them a watch and a like.
youtube.com/@abercarnrug...
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Charlie's owners were shocked when they received a call from the vet saying she had been found safe.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years - BBC News share.google/jHgFpT4Fk60t...
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Charlie's owners were shocked when they received a call from the vet saying she had been found safe.
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August 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years - BBC News share.google/jHgFpT4Fk60t...
Whoever said that cats aren't affectionate is a liar. It's just that sometimes they need to be alone for a bit.
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Charlie's owners were shocked when they received a call from the vet saying she had been found safe.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Whoever said that cats aren't affectionate is a liar. It's just that sometimes they need to be alone for a bit.
The Abercarn Colliery Explosion Trust Fund collection (D184) reveals how the people of Abercarn responded to huge loss in the wake of all-too-common colliery disasters: tinyurl.com/uthp4rx2
(This post was created by one of our recent Work Experience Placements)
(This post was created by one of our recent Work Experience Placements)
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Abercarn Colliery Explosion Trust Fund collection (D184) reveals how the people of Abercarn responded to huge loss in the wake of all-too-common colliery disasters: tinyurl.com/uthp4rx2
(This post was created by one of our recent Work Experience Placements)
(This post was created by one of our recent Work Experience Placements)
11 September 1878. 268 miners were killed after an explosion at a mining colliery in the Prince of Wales Colliery in the Welsh village of Abercarn (then in Monmouthshire). The disaster is the 3rd worst for loss of life to occur within the South Wales Coalfield.
September 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
11 September 1878. 268 miners were killed after an explosion at a mining colliery in the Prince of Wales Colliery in the Welsh village of Abercarn (then in Monmouthshire). The disaster is the 3rd worst for loss of life to occur within the South Wales Coalfield.
We need your help! We have a box of photos but no further info. Can you #namethechapel ?
I think this might have been in Abercarn - anyone recognise it?
#GwentArchives #Abercarn #Cwmcarn #Monmouthshire #chapel #capeli
I think this might have been in Abercarn - anyone recognise it?
#GwentArchives #Abercarn #Cwmcarn #Monmouthshire #chapel #capeli
May 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We need your help! We have a box of photos but no further info. Can you #namethechapel ?
I think this might have been in Abercarn - anyone recognise it?
#GwentArchives #Abercarn #Cwmcarn #Monmouthshire #chapel #capeli
I think this might have been in Abercarn - anyone recognise it?
#GwentArchives #Abercarn #Cwmcarn #Monmouthshire #chapel #capeli
At Abertillery Park for Abertillery BG Vs Abercarn. Always a nice ground to come watch rugby.
September 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
At Abertillery Park for Abertillery BG Vs Abercarn. Always a nice ground to come watch rugby.
From where? Llanhilleth? Aberbeeg? Abercarn? 😂
June 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
From where? Llanhilleth? Aberbeeg? Abercarn? 😂
#RecordOfTheWeek today is a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), spotted in Abercarn by Stephen Shutt. This is several miles west of previous SEWBReC records (all along the border with England). This was a youngster, associating with a sheep flock. Thanks for the record & photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App.
February 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#RecordOfTheWeek today is a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), spotted in Abercarn by Stephen Shutt. This is several miles west of previous SEWBReC records (all along the border with England). This was a youngster, associating with a sheep flock. Thanks for the record & photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App.
Today marks the 147th anniversary of the Prince of Wales Colliery, Abercarn, disaster. An explosion had ripped through the esteemed Prince of Wales Colliery, killing 268 men and boys leaving behind 132 widows, 373 orphans and 90 dependants.
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today marks the 147th anniversary of the Prince of Wales Colliery, Abercarn, disaster. An explosion had ripped through the esteemed Prince of Wales Colliery, killing 268 men and boys leaving behind 132 widows, 373 orphans and 90 dependants.
I've done another highlights video for Abercarn RFC.
This time against Croesyceiliog.
If you're into Rugby Union, I'd appreciate the watch.
It's WRU Division 2 East rugby, so please consider that too!
youtu.be/hqC7GRFXSB0?...
This time against Croesyceiliog.
If you're into Rugby Union, I'd appreciate the watch.
It's WRU Division 2 East rugby, so please consider that too!
youtu.be/hqC7GRFXSB0?...
Rugby Highlights - Abercarn vs Croesyceiliog 24/25
YouTube video by Abercarn Rugby
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I've done another highlights video for Abercarn RFC.
This time against Croesyceiliog.
If you're into Rugby Union, I'd appreciate the watch.
It's WRU Division 2 East rugby, so please consider that too!
youtu.be/hqC7GRFXSB0?...
This time against Croesyceiliog.
If you're into Rugby Union, I'd appreciate the watch.
It's WRU Division 2 East rugby, so please consider that too!
youtu.be/hqC7GRFXSB0?...
Ooo. This is a new one for me. Mon
And brec crumlin arm
At abercarn circa 1900
All gone now - street names all that is left.
Anyone got details on
This big house in the distant right
#canals
And brec crumlin arm
At abercarn circa 1900
All gone now - street names all that is left.
Anyone got details on
This big house in the distant right
#canals
March 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ooo. This is a new one for me. Mon
And brec crumlin arm
At abercarn circa 1900
All gone now - street names all that is left.
Anyone got details on
This big house in the distant right
#canals
And brec crumlin arm
At abercarn circa 1900
All gone now - street names all that is left.
Anyone got details on
This big house in the distant right
#canals
BBC News - Windfarm plans in Abercarn and Carmarthenshire divide opinion - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Windfarm plans in Abercarn and Carmarthenshire divide opinion
People have contacted BBC Your Voice about plans for onshore wind farms across Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM
BBC News - Windfarm plans in Abercarn and Carmarthenshire divide opinion - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“A Dark Saint David’s Day"
In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.
Ref: D6108
In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.
Ref: D6108
March 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
“A Dark Saint David’s Day"
In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.
Ref: D6108
In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.
Ref: D6108
Is the photo of the lock/bridge area at the bottom of the map? If so, big house could be Persondy Farm or Abercarn House? Doesn't look like there's much else in that direction.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
March 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Is the photo of the lock/bridge area at the bottom of the map? If so, big house could be Persondy Farm or Abercarn House? Doesn't look like there's much else in that direction.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
Even in miserable conditions, I'll never tire of coming to places like this in the Gwent valleys to watch rugby.
Rhymney RFC Vs Abercarn RFC in a top of the table Division 2 East clash.
#UppaCarn
Rhymney RFC Vs Abercarn RFC in a top of the table Division 2 East clash.
#UppaCarn
April 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Even in miserable conditions, I'll never tire of coming to places like this in the Gwent valleys to watch rugby.
Rhymney RFC Vs Abercarn RFC in a top of the table Division 2 East clash.
#UppaCarn
Rhymney RFC Vs Abercarn RFC in a top of the table Division 2 East clash.
#UppaCarn
As a lad, my bus journey to school each day took me beneath "The Aerials" a conveyor belt of continuously moving buckets of colliery spoil being dumped on the top of Pant Moors above Abercarn and Newbridge. This continued every day until the pit closed in 1985. No lessons were learned from Aberfan.
November 26, 2024 at 8:28 AM
As a lad, my bus journey to school each day took me beneath "The Aerials" a conveyor belt of continuously moving buckets of colliery spoil being dumped on the top of Pant Moors above Abercarn and Newbridge. This continued every day until the pit closed in 1985. No lessons were learned from Aberfan.
BBC News - Cat missing for 10 years returns home on owner's 30th birthday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cat returns home to Abercarn after being missing for 10 years
Charlie's owners were shocked when they received a call from the vet saying she had been found safe.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 17, 2026 at 9:31 AM
BBC News - Cat missing for 10 years returns home on owner's 30th birthday
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...