Ebbw Vale is the largest town, and was to become the industrial heart of Blaenau Gwent. The great ironworks opened in 1778 and was, eventually, to evolve into the largest steelworks in Europe - employing tens of thousands of people from all over Blaenau Gwent.
The Ebbw Valley was home to just 140 people two hundred years ago. Tens of thousands eventually swept across this valley in search of work. What made it unique was the fact that both the iron – , and the steel- , works were built literally right in the town. The ‘Works’ was the beating heart of Ebbw Vale. When it closed in 2002 that beating heart disappeared … and with it the biggest and best-paying employer ... along with much of the town’s sense of itself.
Like the rest of Blaenau Gwent it is now a town in transition. Renowned for its industrial and engineering inventiveness, Ebbw Vale and the whole area now faces the challenge of re-inventing itself.
Local Information I hope you find useful:
Adult Education Centres :
Ebbw Vale - Learning Action Centre, James Street. 01495 - 303544
Charities & Voluntary Organisations:
Age Concern: Ebbw Vale Hospital 01495 – 718548
Blaenau Gwent Family Support Service: Beaufort Rd. 01495 – 352111
Gwent Assoc of Voluntary Organisations:
Festival
Park Shopping Centre. 01495 – 306602
Chemists:
Boots: 11 Market Street. 01495 – 302159
Consortium Pharmacy Health Centre, Bridge St. 01495 - 305183
Co-op Pharmacy: The Surgery, James Street. 01495 - 302032
John Williams: 41 Beaufort Street 01495 – 310258
Lloyds Pharmacy: Units 3 – 4 Market Street 01495 - 307709
National Co-op Pharmacies: James Street. 0500 – 970 – 303
Clinics: (NHS)
Bridge Street Health Centre. 01495 - 303013
Clubs & Associations:
Ex-Servicemens Club, Queen Street. 01495 - 305123
Hilltop Sports and Social Club, Darby Crescent. 01495 - 302071
Leisure Centre, Civic Centre. 01495 – 303766
R.T.B.R.F.C. 45-46 High Street, Briery Hill. 01495 - 306232
Welcome Social Club, Westend Terrace. 01495 - 302377
Willowtown Constit.Workingmens Club,
103-105 Mount Pleasant Road. 01495 – 302911
Colleges:
Coleg Gwent: Ebbw Vale Campus, College Road. 01495 – 333000
Community Networking Organisations:
Ebbw Vale and District Development Trust, Unit 4,
Queensway, Garnlydan. 01495 - 354539
Counselling & Advice Services:
Careers Wales: 69 Bethcar Street. 01495 - 353110 0800 – 0289-212
Drug Aid: 91A Bethcar Street. 01495 – 301855
North Gwent Drug Misuse 17 Church Street. 01495 – 308009
Gwent Council on Alcohol/Drug Misuse, 19 Armoury Terrace. 01495 - 307291
& Drug Misuse
Victim Support: Ebbw Vale Police Station, 28 Bethcar Street. 01495 - 232888
Doctors & Doctors Surgeries:
Aparajita Medical Practice, Health Centre, Bridge Street 01495 - 302268
Ebbw Vale Health Centre & Divisional Office, Bridge St 01495 – 303013
Glyn Ebwy Surgery, James Street 01495 - 302716
Pen-y-Cae Surgery, Health Centre, Bridge Street 01495 - 304076
Employment & Recruitment Agencies:
Abacus Recruitment, 6 Armoury Terrace. 01495 – 350026
Broker Cymru, 21-22 Civic Centre. 0800 – 389 – 7036
Draig Personnel, 43 Bethcar Street. 0845 – 370 – 0885
Smart Solutions, 16 Bethcar Street. 01495 - 306993
Funeral Directors:
Thomas, TJ. Henllys Funeral Home. 01495 – 303273
Hospitals:
Cruglas Day Hospital, 1 Church Street. 01495 – 306619
Dan-y-Bryn, Eureka Place 01495 - 353730
Ysbyty’R Tri Chwm, College Road. 01495 - 353200
Internet Cafes:
GG Services, 37 Church Street. 01495 – 306206
Library: 21 Bethcar Street. 01495 – 303069
Mental Health Centres:
Cruglas Early Intervention Centre, 1 Church Street. 01495 – 306619
Places of Worship:
All Saints RC Church, Tredegar Road. 01495 – 302243
Christ Church (C in Ws), Church Crescent. 01495 – 301723
Festival Church, Victoria. 01495 – 352223
St. James Methodist Church Eureka Place. 01495 - 302006
Zion Baptist Church, High Street, Brierly Hill. 01495 – 306357
Police Stations: 28 Bethcar Street. 01495 - 350999
Post Office 63 Bethcar Street.
01495 – 303742
Religious Organisations:
Ebbw Vale Christian Centre, Crown Building, Ebbw Vale. 01495 - 309586
Schools
All Saints RC Primary School, Heol-yr-Ysgol. 01495 – 303631
Briery Hill Primary School, Woodside Crescent. 01495 – 304292
Comprehensive School, Waun-y-Pound Road. 01495 – 303409
Garnlydan Primary School, Commonwealth Road. 01495 - 357737
Glyncoed Primary School, Badminton Grove. 01495 – 303216
Glyncoed Comprehensive, Badminton Grove. 01495 – 303216
Pen-y-Cwm School, Bangor Rd, Beaufort Hill. 01495 - 304031
Pontygof Primary School, Pontygof. 01495 – 303210
Willowtown Community Primary, Brynheulog. 01495 - 302436
Sports Clubs and Associations:
Hilltop Sports and Social Club, Darby Crescent. 01495 -302071
Leisure Centre, Civic Centre. 01495 – 303766
R.T.B.R.F.C. 45-46 High Street, Briery Hill. 01495 - 306232
Welfare, Pontygof. 01495 – 302995
Youth Organisations:
Ebbw Vale Youth Centre: Brynteg Terrace. 01495 – 303424
First Ebbw Vale Penuel Scout Group, 3 Church Street. 01495 – 303955 http://www.penuelscouts.org.uk/