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Cwmcarn
Take the M4 into Wales (or to Newport if you are from inside Wales)
Get off at Junction 28 (not J27 as previously stated)
Take the A467 to Crosskeys/Newbridge/Blackwood
and follow the brown tourist signs to the Forest Drive
go up the A467 past Risca, past Cross Keys then turn right into Cwmcarn after passing under a steel railway Viaduct.
camping at the visitors centre: 01495 272001
A camp/caravan site that is highly recommended is Pen-y-Fan near Blackwood, it's 5 mins from Abercarn ,10 to Cwmcarn, 20 to Mountain Ash or Gethin, 45 to Rheola. There are washing and drying facilities readily available, electric hookup, a pub and a restaurant, the pub grub is good and the restaurant is really god for the money, the webby is http://www.penyfancaravanpark.co.uk/ and all details that anyone will need are on there.
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