10 Worst Towns to Live in Wales
What are the worst towns to live in Wales? We don’t want to make it boring. Otherwise, we would have listed all the towns in Wales in the order of how they are considered good. Even if we could do that, some people may view such a listing as conjectural. Towns considered good by a reviewer may be seen as bad by another. But then, for the sake of this production, let’s assume that all the towns in Wales are good. But they can’t all be equally good. If some had higher degrees of goodness, yes, they are better. And if some towns are better than others, the logic follows that some are worse. On that positive note, let’s discuss the 10 worst towns to live in Wales.
10. Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale, the town at the head of the valley which is formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River is the largest town in Blaenau Gwent county borough. Its direct access to the A465 Heads of the Valleys trunk road doesn’t make it a good place to live in Wales. The town bordering the Brecon Beacons National Park Ebbw Vale isn’t economically viable with the second-lowest mean salary in Britain. In fact, for the people to survive, 5 food banks are operating in the community. This has also affected the town educationally. This is indicated by its having the worst GCSE results in Wales. Meanwhile, Ebbw Vale is the town with the cheapest home price in England and Wales as no one would be willing to buy a home in a place very bad to live in.
9. Pontypool
As we think about Pontypool, we’re filled with the emotion of love for the residents of the people. No, this doesn’t mean we love to live among them or envy their situation. We only salute their resilience that makes them remain in a town without no places to visit, no nightlife, no restaurants and bars, and with zero social life. This administrative center of the county borough of Torfaen has nothing like a sense of community. Ironically, there’s no privacy in this town as almost everyone will notice your presence or absence. Your financial status is in public knowledge. Care needs to be taken in such a town to select a date if you don’t want to have an incestuous amorous affair.
8. Llangefni
The case of Llangefni, the county town of Anglesey, whose name in Welsh means meaning “church on the River Cefni,” is pathetic. The town which is home to the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council and the second largest settlement in that county has too many bad reviews. But to stay on a kinder side, we would side with those who consider it one of the worst Welsh towns to live because of the number of old people in the town. The town is actually gradually taking up the appearance of old peoples’ homes as it has a higher percentage of older people. That should tell you that the town is boring and is economically disadvantaged. The town’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average.
7. Port Talbot
What image does the name of the town, Port Talbot evoke? If you choose to turn a blind eye to the negatives, you are likely to see a town and community of the home of one of the biggest steelworks in the world. That is cute. But that economic opportunity which covers a large area of land, dominating the southeast of the town does not come without a cost for the town. The environmental pollution this has caused for the town some 13 kilometers from Swansea has made it one of the worst places to live. The town is filled with the stench from this and other dirt dominating the place.
6. Llantwit Major
Our attention is now on Llantwit Major, a community on the Bristol Channel coast. This is one of 4 towns in the Vale of Glamorgan. The community located about 7.2 kilometers from Cowbridge, 14 kilometers from Bridgend, 16 kilometers from Barry, and 24 kilometers from Cardiff has not allowed these nice locations to rub off on it. It is one of the 10 worst places in Wales on this list for anyone who cares about safety. The crime rate there is rather on the high side and this is obviously inimical a good living. We would recommend living in any other place in Wales before mentioning Llantwit Major.
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Crumlin Navigation Colliery - The Fight to Preserve
The Crumlin Navigation is a site that will immediately catch your eye as you drive past it along the A467 and it appears through the trees. A fine example of Edwardian architecture that has stood the test of time. But now, new efforts, thanks to The Friends of the Navigation, are in place to restore these beautiful buildings. To reuse and repurpose them for the benefit of the entire community.
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Entry: Restricted - Access was granted for the purpose of our filming. The site is managed by “The Friends of The Navigation”.
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- The sinking of the mine shaft began in 1907 and the colliery was complete by 1911. Owned by the firm Partridge Jones.
- The Navigation Colliery was one of the first to be built entirely out of brick. Instead of the more common, and less expensive, local stone. The brick was also used in a creative and decorative way. This was done with the intention of constructing an outstanding set of buildings.
- It is now considered to be one of the best examples of Edwardian industrial architecture in the country.
- The Navigation was constructed whilst the coal industry was booming. South Wales was the largest coal-exporting area in the world.
- The coal was primarily used for the rapidly growing merchant fleet, hence the name “Navigation”. A name of distinction denoting the quality of the coal.
- By 1935 the colliery employed 444 men.
- In 1937, the mine was met with disaster; digging into the Black Vein breached an underground lake. Water poured its way up the mine shafts which led to emergency pumping. The bottom of the pit had to be raised by 39 metres as a result.
- Despite the setback, in 1947, when the industry was nationalised, the colliery still employed 415 men.
- And peak production was reached in 1954 when 145,129 tons of coal was produced.
- By the 1960s, however, the coal industry was in decline and in 1967 The Crumlin Navigation Colliery closed.
- The buildings continued to be used after closure for light industrial set-ups, like car and furniture workshops.
- The buildings were expensive to maintain, however, and with fire damage and vandalism they slowly fell into disrepair.
- The quality of these buildings though, has allowed them to survive and remain one of the best preserved sets of colliery buildings in Wales, and probably in the UK.
- The Navigation Colliery buildings have been listed Grade II and II* by Cadw.
- Volunteers and the local community are transforming the site into a community project. The process is aimed at gradually repairing the buildings through own labour and community involvement to bring back uses for the buildings once more and create local employment.
- The registered charity The Friends of The Navigation are working hard to restore and repurpose the buildings. This includes moving the culvert and establishing a hydro scheme to provide electricity for the site and back into the grid.
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