Sebastopol is the southernmost suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen in Wales. It is named in honour of the Russian city Sevastopol (also known as Sebastopol) that was taken during the Crimean War. It is a fairly affluent area but does contain a subtantial number of local authority/ex-local authority housing known as the Kemys Fawr Estate. Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 37,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... Sevastopol (Russian and Ukrainian: Севастополь; Crimean Tatar: ), formerly known as Sebastopol, is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of...

The town itself

Today Sebastopol is a large community that is all but merged with nearby Griffithstown. Like nearby New Inn, Sebastopol doesn't have a central village area, but is spread out along its main thoroughfares South Street & Greenhill Road. Griffithstown is a large and relatively affluent suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. ... New Inn is a suburb of Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales. ...

The town boasts surprisingly little infrastructure due to its proximity with Griffithstown. There are just two shops: a newsagent on South Street and a general store on The Avenue (Kemys Fawr Estate). There is the locally-reknowned Page's Fish & Chip Shop as well as a barber shop and poodle parlour. "The Crown", "The Open Hearth", "Sebastopol Social Club" and "The Waterloo" are the local pubs. As with all communities, there are two churches: Penry Gospel Hall and St. Oswald's Anglican Church, but most of the ecclesiastical needs of the town are met by Griffithstown. Kemys Fawr Infant & Nursery School is located on the Kemys Fawr Estate and provides education for 3 - 7 year olds, but children must then attend Griffithstown Junior School for further schooling. There is also a special school: Crownbridge School, catering for pupils in the age range 3 - 19 with severe learning difficulties. There is a park near Kemys Fawr Infant & Nursery School with an adventure playground and football pitch. Griffithstown is a large and relatively affluent suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. ... Griffithstown is a large and relatively affluent suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. ... Griffithstown is a large and relatively affluent suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. ...

The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal runs through Sebastopol. The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal is isolated from the rest of the United Kingdoms canals. ...

Neighbours & snobbery

There is a great deal of snobbery in the surrounding communities regarding Sebastopol. Many see it as an inferior place to live due to the high number of local authority owned houses. Some of the more affluent residential roads in Sebastopol (The Avenue, West Avenue, The Ellipse, South Avenue, parts of Greenhill Road & East Avenue) insist their houses are located in nearby Griffithstown to increase house prices and ease sales. Griffithstown is a large and relatively affluent suburb of Pontypool in the borough of Torfaen, within walking distance of Pontypool and Cwmbran and a short commute from Newport and Cardiff. ...

Future developments

Since 1996 local residents have been fighting long and hard with developers and Torfaen County Borough Council to prevent plans for a new village being built on a large greenbelt zone to the south of the town. To be known as "South Sebastopol", the village would join the Pontypool district suburbs of northern Torfaen to the Cwmbran district suburbs of southern Torfaen. Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 37,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Cwmbran (Welsh: Cwmbrân) is a new town in Monmouthshire, Wales, established in the 1950s to provide new employment in the south eastern portion of the South Wales coalfield. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ...