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Dist:0.5km<br/>This ruined farmhouse is opposite the entrance to Blaenyllwynau farm which keeps small black Welsh sheep with white markings on their faces.

©Jessica Aidley

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©andy dolman

Dist:0.5km<br/>Despite its name, this is no longer http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2635541 a through road to Crumlin for motor vehicles.
The grey railings on the left are at the edge of the B4471 at the start of its long ascent to Sofrydd.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.5km<br/>The road comes up from Hafodyrynys, and then goes on to some modern houses. The lane to the right leads up to Cefn Crib and the hill countryside.

©Jessica Aidley

Dist:0.5km<br/>Apartment building on Crumlin Road, part of Andrews Terrace. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2635490

©John Grayson

Dist:0.5km<br/>Located roughly midway between Llanhilleth and Crumlin.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.5km<br/>These little black mountain sheep with white faces, feet and tails are Balwen Sheep from mid-Wales. (http://www.balwensheepsociety.com/)

©Jessica Aidley

Dist:0.6km<br/>At the end of a long descent from Sofrydd, the B4471 is joined by Crumlin Road from the left.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>A 40mph speed limit applies on the B4471 on its descent towards Llanhilleth.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>Formerly, there was a road ahead to Crumlin. In 2000 the first of several weight restrictions and temporary closures was introduced because the road had begun to fall away. The road, partly in Blaenau Gwent and partly in Caerphilly county borough, was permanently closed to traffic in 2006 after both councils agreed it was the only financially viable option.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2751916 to the Crumlin end of the closed section.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>The outline made by the former second track is visible to the left of the single remaining track of the Ebbw Valley Railway. The name is apt indeed along this section of the line, which is only a few metres from the Ebbw River.
Llanhilleth railway station is about a mile (c1.6 km) ahead.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>Located on the north side of the A472, immediately west of the Hafodyrynys Inn. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2017923

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>The shops and business premises in the small village of Hafodyrynys are, from left to right :
Happy Garden Fish Bar.
Private residence, formerly the post office.
Flower Time, florist.
The long white building is The Cafe.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.6km<br/>Country inn and restaurant in the small village of Hafodyrynys, formerly in Monmouthshire, now in the County Borough of Caerphilly.

©John Grayson

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©Colin Pyle

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