Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent

Beaufort
Carno reservoir, Rassau, Beaufort
Beaufort is located in Blaenau Gwent
Beaufort
Beaufort
Location within Blaenau Gwent
Population3,866 [1]
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townEBBW VALE
Postcode districtNP23
Dialling code01495
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Blaenau Gwent

51°47′49″N 3°12′22″W / 51.797°N 3.206°W / 51.797; -3.206


Map of the community
Rassau looking towards Ebbw Vale

Beaufort (Welsh: Cendl or Y Cendl) is a village and community on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales. It is located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent. According to the 2011 census, the population of the ward and community of Beaufort is 3,866[1]

The settlement arose on the boundary of two parishes, Llangattock in Brecknockshire and Aberystruth in Monmouthshire on the 1779 establishment of the Beaufort Iron Works by Edward and Jonathan Kendall (Cendl) after whom the new settlement was first named.

  1. ^ a b Census 2011 Statistics Overview: Beaufort Ward Profile Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Retrieved 9 April 2014.