Llanyrafon

infobox UK place
country = Wales
constituency_welsh_assembly=
map_type=
official_name= Llanyrafon
unitary_wales= Torfaen
lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
constituency_westminster= Torfaen
post_town= CWMBRAN
postcode_district = NP44
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= 01633
os_grid_reference= ST304946
population= 4,685

Llanyrafon (English: "Church by the River", sometimes known as Llanyravon) is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen and preserved county of Gwent, Wales. It lies to the east of the Afon Llwyd, west of the A4042 dual carriageway and south of Croesyceiliog.

Llanyrafon is mainly residential but does include a municipal golf course; 3-star hotel (Commodore Hotel on Mill Lane); small shopping precinct known as "Llanyrafon Lakeside Shops" and the large Boating Lake Park & South Fields. The Boating Lake Park includes (as the name suggests) a large lake which is home to various wildfowl birds such as swans, mallards and moorhens. There is also a large adventure playground as well as various football and rugby pitches. Most recently, the addition of a skateboarding/roller blading park was made to this area. There is one public house, 'The Crow's Nest', that serves 'pub-grub' food.

The X24, a major bus service operated by Stagecoach South Wales, runs through Llanyrafon from Cwmbran town centre to Newport.

Demographics

At the 2001 Census

Llanyrafon North

*Population 2021 (Torfaen 90,949)
*45.7% Male, 54.3% Female
*Ages
**18.2% aged between 0-15
**30.0% aged between 16-44
**21.1% aged 45-59/64
**30.7% of pensionable age

Llanyrafon South

*Population 2664 (Torfaen 90,949)
*48.6% Male, 51.4% Female
*Ages
**19.0% aged between 0-15
**30.6% aged between 16-44
**24.1% aged 45-59/64
**26.3% of pensionable age

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/cwmbran/pages/article_mill.shtml BBC article on Llanyrafon Mill]