Ebbw Vale Web Guide
Here's our pick of some of the most useful and entertaining websites covering the town. If you know a website worth including, get in touch.
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
The main provider of local authority services in the area, including schools, libraries, housing, leisure facilities and more. You'll also find the council's Valleys Voice community newspaper on this website.
The Works
http://www.theworksebbwvale.co.uk
Updates on the £300m regeneration of the former steelworks.
Ebbw Vale Today
http://www.ebbwvaletoday.co.uk
Local news, history, photos, information and more.
Ebbw Vale
http://www.bioeddie.co.uk/ebbw-vale/main.htm
A local resident's guide to the town including its history, a local walk and a weblog where you can air your views.
Beaufort Theatre
http://www.blaenaugwentvenues.com
Performances and activities at the town's civic venue.
Ebbw Vale RFC
http://www.ebbwvalerfc.co.uk
Follow your rugby heroes in the Welsh Premier.
Ebbw Vale Cricket Club
http://www.ebbwvalecricket.co.uk
Keep up to date with all the senior and junior teams.
Valleys Radio
http://www.valleysradio.co.uk
Broadcasting from Ebbw Vale on 999 and 1116 AM.
Garden Festival of Wales
http://www.gardenfestivalwales.co.uk
A history of the 1992 event and its consequences for the regeneration of Ebbw Vale.
Festival Park
http://www.festivalshopping.co.uk
A guide to the factory shopping village, located on the site of the 1992 Garden Festival.
Beaufort Hill Ponds & Woodland Preservation Society
http://www.beauforthillwoodlands.btik.com
A community group formed to protect a reclaimed former industrial area just south of the Heads of the Valleys road.
Festival Park Owl Sanctuary
http://www.theowlsanctuary.co.uk
See more than 50 birds of prey, including owls, hawks, falcons and buzzards.
Ebbw Valley Railway
http://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/ebbwvalleyrailway/
Background information on the restoration of passenger train services to Cardiff after a hiatus of over 45 years.
Ebbw Vale County Grammar School
http://www.evcgs.co.uk
Set up by a self-styled "bunch of old codgers" who left school in the early 1950s. Share your memories and add your photo to the Rogue's Gallery.
David Harding
http://www.daiharding.com
Born in Ebbw Vale, now resident in Cardiff, Dai is a painter, illustrator, fine art printmaker, teacher, theatrical designer, poet and musician.
Festival Church
http://www.festivalchurch.co.uk
A group of Christians meeting in what used to be the Outside Inn of the Garden Festival site.
Church on the Rise
http://www.churchontherise.org.uk
A Baptist church based in Beaufort.
Ebbw Vale Message Board
http://www.ebbwvale.org
Share your views on local life, history, pubs and more.
The Habits
http://thehabits.tripod.com
Rock and pop covers band.
Ebbw Vale Heritage Archive
http://www.ebbwvalearchives.talktalk.net
Information and clips from a DVD release about the area's social and industrial history.
Ebbw Vale Christian Centre
http://www.thechristiancentre.co.uk
Part of the Apostolic Church of Great Britain.
Jerome Gatehouse Military Band Archive
http://www.jeromegatehousecollection.org.uk
A steelworker from Cwm, Jerome spent 27 years researching and collecting military band memorabilia until his death in 1994. His widow Anne is looking to set up a museum to house the collection on the former steelworks site.
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