Pubs in Cwmbran
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Ashbridge Inn
Avondale Road, Cwmbran NP44 1DE
Large pub/restaurant occupying extended former farm buildings and adjacent to a Premier Inn. The decor is tasteful and stylish making use of exposed stonework, much light wood, modern furniture and colourful artwork. There are several areas for either open plan or more intimate dining in a pleasant relaxed atmosphere. The extensive menu, supplemented by daily specials and a bar snack menu, changes by the season and offers a good choice of starters, steaks and grills, 'Pub Classics', burgers, fish, pasta and salads, meal deals and traditional Sunday lunches. Regular meal deals promoted. Note early opening (06:30-10.30; 07:00-11:00 weekends) is for breakfast not alcohol sales, children under 15 get a free breakfast with each paying adult.
Bush Inn
Graig Road, Cwmbran NP44 5AN
Charming hillside pub giving excellent views over Cwmbran and beyond towards the Severn Estuary. The split level interior has a cosy parlour on the lower level with a coal fire and a gallery of old pictures of the pub and its surrounds. The higher level has comfy fireside sofas as well as various games such as darts, table skittles and dominos. Note the old taps fixed in to the beam above the bar. In fine weather the adjacent deck patio and another area immediately in front of the premises are popular. The pub offers a variety of evening activities with a Sunday quiz, DIY music on Monday, live bands most Fridays, and other occasional music events. On the food front there are handmade pizzas (Tuesday & Friday), a very popular curry night (Wednesday, booking advised), and steak night on Thursday. Two guest ales (three at weekends) primarily from smaller breweries in south Wales and the West Country are usually on sale plus a range of ciders. The owners' aim was to create 'a proper pub suitable for all ages....there will be real ale, real fire and real music'. They seem to have succeeded. Bus service No 8 drops off just down the end of Graig Road during the daytime up until 5pm while the No 1 service operates longer hours around the corner from the bottom of Bethel Lane.
Crows Nest
Llangorse Road, Cwmbran NP44 8HU
Built in the early 1960's, this large estate pub once boasted a public bar, lounge, sportmans bar with skittles alley, and an off-license. It has since been transformed by an impressive rebuild that has made the external appearance as well as the interior more attractive. This has proved successful in attracting new customers as well as passing trade while on the weekend it is a very popular music venue. The extensive lounge, which has absorbed the former off-license and sportsman's bar, caters for both drinkers and diners who may choose to settle in one of several different areas. A TV is available for news and sport normally using sub-titles. The menu offers a wide choice of dishes large and small with special deals through the week. Breakfasts served from 9am until noon. The former public bar with a pool table, dartboard and TV is popular with all ages including sports fans. Weekly activities include a poker league (9-11 Monday evening), open mic (Wednesday), disco/karaoke (Friday) live bands (Saturday) and quiz nights on Thursday (9pm) and Sunday (8pm). .
Cwrt Henllys
Henllys Village Road, Cwmbran NP44 6HX
Smartly appointed hotel with several very comfortable drinking and dining areas including a large comfortable bar, side annex, and spacious lounge giving access to a bright conservatory. An extensive refurbishment of this former farmhouse was completed in mid 2014 and again in 2017 as new owners have updated the premises. Live music Friday evenings, and a quiz on Sunday evenings.
Dorallt Inn
Henllys Village, Cwmbran NP44 6HX
Attractive 18th century inn, a former farmhouse, with flagstones in the bar and adjoining games room. A large extension to the rear has provided ample space for diners in both a dining room and lounge. As well as a full menu there are special menus and offers to look out for, e.g. early bird menu, plus a special menu for the under-12's. Superb countryside views to the Severn estuary. It's also a useful starting or end point for the steep trek up the mountain to the mysterious Twm Barlwm. The bus stop is redundant, the nearest service is No 6 about 400 metres away. Quiz night Thursday 9pm. The name is thought to derive from Dwr (water) and Allt (slope) so make of that what you will!
Halfway Inn
Commercial Street, Cwmbran NP44 3LR
A large village pub with a distinctive Simonds Brewery pub sign depicting a large hop leaf. Simonds eventually amalgamated with Courage Brewery. Inside there is a public bar and lounge that has close historical connections with the nearby Monmouthshire & Brecon canal. A lively public bar during the week and weekend disco/karaoke in the lounge. Good sized function room upstairs. Weekly meat market in car park.
John Fielding
1 Caradoc Road, Cwmbran NP44 1PP
The former Moonraker Inn, that in its last days hit on lean times, has been successfully remodelled by JD Wetherspoon (JDW) to bring to the town centre a welcome choice of real ales in a town where choice is scarce. It takes its name from a local hero of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (22-23 January 1879), who signed up as an under age army recruit as John Williams and who returned to live in the town for many years. The standard nationally listed ales sit alongside interesting guest ales, with usually at least one from a local Welsh brewery as well as others from further afield. A choice of Weston's cider is also available. The extensive food menu and weekly special days apply. The popular JDW format of a spacious interior with several seating areas is evident here although the lack of natural light in the central area gives a constant subdued lighting effect. One feature to the right hand side of the bar is a display of casks and a chalk outline map of Wales indicating where some of the Welsh guest ales come from. Tucked around the side at the far end of the bar is a "What's On" information board. Handily placed, it is just a couple of minutes from the bus station and leisure block, five minutes from the railway station, and adjacent to the shopping mall. Free parking is nearby, but often full.
Oakfield Inn
Green Willows, Cwmbran NP44 3DY
This pub was built as part of the post-war new town initiative to have a pub, school and local shops at the centre of each new housing estate.Very much a community based local tucked away in the back streets of the Oakfield district of Cwmbran, and with a typical estate pub feel, but welcoming and friendly. At the rear is a large enclosed garden with a smoking room. Good value Sunday lunches take the form of a buffet. Midweek opening time in Summer is 2pm.Dark clouds are on the horizon for this community with local shops closed and shuttered, the neighbouring primary school is due to close, while the large comprehensive school is under threat of closure, all of which is likely to have adverse impact on local traders. The licensees of the Oakfield themselves may be on the move soon due to the downturn in trade suffered by so many pubs these days.
Oddfellows Arms
20 Commercial Street, Cwmbran NP44 1DZ
A traditional village local that hosts karaoke & disco every Friday and Saturday evening with a live band on the last weekend of the month.
Old Bridgend Inn
Commercial Place, Cwmbran NP44 1AE
Just a short stroll up the hill from Pontnewydd's shops is this locals' pub sited near the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. Known locally at the 'Top Bridge' (as opposed to the now closed 'Bottom Bridge', the New Bridgend further down the canal), it has a traditional layout of public bar and lounge with the latter extending into a dining area which still has a hanging sign as you enter saying "No smoking beyond this point". The guest ale is changed regularly and sourced from well know national breweries. Pension Day on Wednesday.
Parkway Hotel & Spa
Llantarnam Park, Cwmbran Drive, Cwmbran NP44 3UW
Large modern comfortable hotel with commensurate prices. The large reception area gives access to a number of rooms including a large function room, a spacious lounge with sofa seating which itself leads to the restaurant, and the "Dragon's Lair" with TV. A very popular venue for diners and for functions of various sizes.
Queen Inn
Upper Cwmbran Road, Cwmbran NP44 5AX
Attractive hillside pub with a striking sign of a youthful but mournful looking Queen Victoria. Set beside a rushing mountain stream, wildfowl, a rabbit hutch, swings, a slide and even a tree-house keep the kids amused. The pub was once tied to the old Rhymney Brewery that was taken over and closed by Whitbread in the 1960s. Prior to that the building was two or three cottages. Years ago this was an industrial community with quarries and mines further up the mountain and the Queen was one of four local pubs slaking the thirst of the local working population. Note the name is singular although it is known as the 'Queens'. The interior is cosy with a bar (note the shepherd's crook on display), lounge/diner (a later addition in the '60s) and separate dining room. The Covid pandemic triggered an extensive enlargement of the outside area to provide al fresco dining and drinking. The licensees and customers work hard to raise funds for charity, especially a local hospice. A talking point during the festive season is the upside down Christmas tree by the lounge entrance. Note a plaque mounted on the outside wall commemorating "Thomas JH Richards (1919-1985) Olympic Silver Medallist who trained and lived in Upper Cwmbran".