Cwmcarn (cwm+carn) (phonetic: comb-kharrn) OS Grid Reference - ST 221 937 This means “valley of the cairn” - referring to Nant Carn, the stream that flows from the top of the hill in to the Ebbw River. This village was originally called Abergwyddon, as shown on Monmouthshire maps up to 1817, but was then renamed Cwmcarn, and appears on maps of Monmouthshire as such by 1820. One tale that describes why this change of name took place is that an English station master could not pronounce Abergwyddon when referring to the railway halt, and so the place name changed to reflect the usage brought about by the necessity of railway travel.
@wayne-dc: entire words with no vowels in there?! what sort of sorcery, i mean, srcry, is this!? as an american i have no bandwidth for perspectives or learning historical relevance!!
If you are going to BPW via the M4 it's on the way, in some ways I prefer Cwmcarn obviously a lot less choice in trails but other than the new bottom section has a lot more natural feel to it.
Best trail centre in Wales in my humble opinon.... we always have Cwmcarn as one day of any Wales weekender. First trail centre into Wales so quick to get to, can ride the excellent Cafell trail in the morning and do the uplift in the afternoon (or uplift all day)
Has it all opened up again, I know that the one side of the valley was due to be logged (cafell?)I had the pleasure of going there last year for one of Charlie’s epic gravity enduro’s, awesome venue!
(phonetic: comb-kharrn)
OS Grid Reference - ST 221 937
This means “valley of the cairn” - referring to Nant Carn, the stream that flows from the top of the
hill in to the Ebbw River. This village was originally called Abergwyddon, as shown on
Monmouthshire maps up to 1817, but was then renamed Cwmcarn, and appears on maps of
Monmouthshire as such by 1820. One tale that describes why this change of name took place is
that an English station master could not pronounce Abergwyddon when referring to the railway
halt, and so the place name changed to reflect the usage brought about by the necessity of
railway travel.
Good riding, beautiful scenery.