Pontypool Park

Lovely park, well kept and free of litter. Plenty of space for kids to run around with good play area and cafe for drinks and snacks

A really nice place for a quiet walk with lots of scenery and lots to see. Kids play park on entrance to the park opposite a leisure centre. This place also had public toilets that were open.

Has a very pleasant atmosphere good parking the sculptures are very interesting the notice a very useful to explain to the children what the area was used the paths are well maintained and you can push a pram around we will be going back to this venue

Tidy and clean, so many waste bins around of the pathway, the Pontypool park extremely big so many things to do in this park. Perfect for dog walkers, families and easily accessible with wheelchair, pushchair.
Amazing landscape with woodland, field, pond, 150 acres.

A beautiful park with paths to stroll along, pic nic benches, a maze and recreational facilities. Coffee shop and leisure centre. Can be a place for jogging, walking or playing football. A quiet place too for contemplation as very large. A pretty pond with ducks and a shell grotto. Views of surrounding hills and some spectacular trees. A short river walk on other side of park.

This park is great in all seasons and all weather. A fab play park for the kids, lots of places to sit, accessible toilets, plenty of parking and walks to suit all abilities

Awoke this morning to such a warm and sunny day that I decided to take a leisurely stroll from my home in New Inn to Pontypool park and remember many happy hours spent there in my childhood some eighty years ago. The park looked lovely, green and verdant and pristine without a scrap of discarded rubbish to be seen and in these early hours, apart from the occasional dog walker I had it to myself. I recalled as a child climbing to the Grotto and entering to gaze at the shells lining the interior walls so, although it is a stiff climb I decided to attempt to visit it one last time. The views from the summit of our valley spread out below were so crisp and clear that I could easily pick out the areas where I had once lived, from the mountain sheltering the Garn and Talywain to Trevethin on my right and Pontypool itself spread out below and swivelling on my heels to gaze down on Pontnewydd and my final destination of New Inn. The sun was warming the air now but there was just a hint of a breeze to cool me down so I decided to see if I could make my way to the Folly tower. I hadn't realised the extent of the walk between Grotto and Folly, with occasional glimpses of the tower encouraging me on but seemingly receding into the distance the more I walked towards it but eventually I arrived and to say it was worth the effort would be a massive understatement. The views from the tower are truly spectacular from every point of the compass drifting greenly away to a hazy blue horizon and I felt grateful to witness it. The walk back down to the park seemed much quicker than the walk up and now there were many more people about, adults children and dogs enjoying this superb facility right on our doorstep which is Pontypool Park. A delightful experience!

Lovely park. Great walks. Lovely pond with picnic tables. Dry ski slope is good fun for kids. Easy to park