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href="/locationlista.html">Locations</a></li> <li><a href="/locationlistv.html">V</a></li> <li class="active">Varteg Hill Colliery</li> </ol> <div class='row'> <div class='col-md-3' style='padding-left: 0px;'> <h4>Location type</h4> Mine <br> <h4>Name and dates</h4> Varteg Hill Colliery<br><br> </div> <div class='col-md-6'> <center><div></div><div><a target='enlarge' href='/img/48/608'><img class='lazy' src='/images/48000/48608.jpg' srcset='/images/48000/48608.jpg 800w,/images400/48000/48608.jpg 500w,/__cache/thumbnails/48000/48608.jpg 200w' width='100%' style='margin: 1px;' title='Ken Strachan 24/08/2014' data-toggle='popover' data-placement='bottom' data-content='A short walk South from Blaenavon High Level station gives you a choice: steadily down to Newport, or up a once-notorious 1 in 22 to Varteg Hill colliery. This is where the colliery line crossed the B4246 Varteg Road, between Blaenavon and Abersychan. The steep rise of the Eastern Valley is shown by the view of the Mendip Hills above the approaching cars - the Mendips are 40 miles away, across the Bristol Channel. View looks South.'></a><br></div><script>$(function(){$('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({trigger:'hover',html:true});});</script><div></div></center> <br> </div> <div class='col-md-3'> <center> <div class='col-md-12'><div id='map'><div id="tooltip" class="tooltip"></div></div></div> </center>  <table class='table-condensed' style='font-size: 75%;'><tr><td>Nearby stations<br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Blaenavon_High_Level'>Blaenavon High Level</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Blaenavon_Low_Level'>Blaenavon Low Level</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Big_Pit_Mining_Museum'>Big Pit Mining Museum</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/V/Varteg_Halt'>Varteg Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/C/Cwmavon_Monmouth_Halt'>Cwmavon (Monmouth) Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/F/Furnace_Sidings'>Furnace Sidings</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/A/Abersychan_and_Talywain'>Abersychan and Talywain</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/G/Garndiffaith_Halt'>Garndiffaith Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left'></span> <a href='/locations/A/Abertillery_2nd'>Abertillery [2nd]</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left'></span> <a href='/locations/A/Abertillery_1st'>Abertillery [1st]</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Bournville_Monmouth_Halt'>Bournville (Monmouth) Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/S/Six_Bells_Halt'>Six Bells Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/W/Whistle_Halt'>Whistle Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/C/Cwmffrwd_Halt'>Cwmffrwd Halt</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/G/Garn-yr-Erw'>Garn-yr-Erw</a><br></td><td><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/R/Red_Ash_Colliery'>Red Ash Colliery</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/D/Deakin^s_Slope_Colliery'>Deakin^s Slope Colliery</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/C/Colliery'>Colliery</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Blaenavon_Junction'>Blaenavon Junction</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/M/Mine'>Mine</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/V/Varteg_Colliery'>Varteg Colliery</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left'></span> <span style='color:red'>Cwmtillery / South Wales Colliery</span><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Big_Pit_Colliery'>Big Pit Colliery</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Blaenavon_Iron_and_Steel_Works'>Blaenavon Iron and Steel Works</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/G/Golynos_Junction'>Golynos Junction</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/R/Rhiw_Park_Quarry'>Rhiw Park Quarry</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-right'></span> <a href='/locations/G/Garndiffaith_Junction'>Garndiffaith Junction</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-up'></span> <a href='/locations/B/Blaenavon_Ironworks'>Blaenavon Ironworks</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-down'></span> <a href='/locations/B/British_Ironworks'>British Ironworks</a><br><span class='glyphicon glyphicon-arrow-left'></span> <a href='/locations/W/West_Blaina_Red_Ash_Colliery'>West Blaina Red Ash Colliery</a><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.</td></tr></table> <br><br> <center> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:400px;height:400px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2605210640043393" data-ad-slot="2826500028"></ins> <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});</script> </center> </div> </div> <h4>Chronology Dates</h4><table class='table table-condensed table-striped'><tr><td style='border-top: none;'>  /  /1877</td><td style='border-top: none;'><a href="/companies/B/Brynmawr_and_Blaenavon_Railway/">Brynmawr and Blaenavon Railway</a><br>Extended south to <a href="/locations/A/Abersychan_and_Talywain/">Abersychan and Talywain</a> station and <a href="/locations/V/Varteg_Hill_Colliery/">Varteg Hill Colliery</a>. 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