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The Brynmawr rubber factory is a now-demolished building which was situated in Brynmawr in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was designed and constructed between 1946 and 1952 by the Architects' Co-Partnership, a group of architecture alumni from the Architectural Association in London, in collaboration with engineer Ove Arup. Featuring a nine-domed concrete ceiling, the building was part of the "Festival of Britain period" in architecture and became the first post-war building to receive listed status, with a Grade-II* designation in 1986. Despite this status, the building was demolished in 2001 leaving only the boiler house intact, and the site is now occupied by housing and a superstore. The building was commissioned by the industrialist Lord James Forrester for Enfield Cables, of which he was a director. Forrester had been part of the pre-war Brynmawr Experiment, which aimed to revive the town following the Great Depression. His desire for regeneration led to his decision to situate the factory in Brynmawr, despite it not being the best location commercially. Enfield Cables were not able to make the site economically viable after opening, and it was taken over by the Dunlop Rubber Company, operating under the brand name Dunlop Semtex. Dunlop Semtex achieved success with the factory, producing flooring for the health and education sectors, going on to buy the site in 1964. A downturn in fortunes in the late 1970s and early 1980s led to the factory's closure in 1981.

Brynmawr railway station was a station which served Nantyglo and Brynmawr in the Welsh county of Brecknockshire.

Brynmawr (Welsh for 'big hill'; ; brin-MOUR; Welsh: [brɨnˈmaur]) is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet (380 to 460 m) above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys. It grew with the development of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 19th century. Until the reorganisation of local authorities in 1974, Brynmawr was administered as part of the county of Brecknockshire.

Nantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo, near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in the early 19th century as places of retreat by the ironmaster Joseph Bailey, after a riot was caused by his brother's threat to cut wages. They are believed to some of the last privately built defensive fortifications in Britain. One of the towers remains intact today whilst the other is in ruins having been partly demolished to salvage scrap iron in the 1940s.

Nantyglo railway station was a station which served Nantyglo, in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire.

Nantyglo (from Welsh Nant-y-glo 'brook of coal') is a village in the ancient parish of Aberystruth and county of Monmouth situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Blaina and Brynmawr in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent.

Brynmawr Foundation School (Welsh: Ysgol Sefydledig Brynmawr) is a secondary school in Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales.

Blaina and District Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Blaina a'r Cylch) was a community hospital in Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

Coalbrookvale (Welsh: Glyn Nant-y-glo) is a village in the Ebbw Valley in Blaenau Gwent. It belongs in the community of Nantyglo and Blaina.It is located 1.32 miles (2.12 km) south of Brynmawr and 3.38 miles (5.44 km) north of Abertillery. It is 21 miles (34 km) from Newport. The A467 runs near to the village.

Blaenau Gwent is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Blaenau Gwent is a constituency in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nick Smith of the Labour Party. The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. The entire constituency would be part of Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney.

The Beaufort Theatre is the principal theatre in Blaenau Gwent in Ebbw Vale. Until 2 April 2017 it was part of the Blaenau Gwent Venues, which also includes The Market Hall Cinema and Metropole Theatre, and formerly the Abertillery Community Theatre. Taken over buy a community group on 3 April 2017, it is still available for hire to amateur groups. It has a 338-seater auditorium and a ballroom. It has a proscenium arched stage with an apron. The stage has some flying available, with 12 hemp sets with maximum flown height of 16ft. Lighting bars can be lowered via winch, and front-of-house bars are fixed to the ceilings and walls. In its professional capacity, the venue used to programme professional theatre, music, contemporary dance and light entertainment. The theatre is also host to nine voluntary arts organisations who mount their annual productions there. The theater was originally a cinema. It was converted back in the 1960s. Many famous bands have played in the ballroom before making it big, including Mott the Hoople and The Stereophonics.