Editing Abertillery (section)

==Sport, leisure and tourism==
Abertillery Town [[cricket]] club and [[Abertillery RFC|Abertillery Blaenau Gwent RFC]] formed in the 1880s. Both have their playing headquarters at "the Park" one of the most picturesque sporting complexes in the UK.

[[File:Climb to 1900ft.JPG|thumbnail|left|Walking country. Climb to over 550m on one of many routes in the Tyleri valley]]
The town supports two local Saturday [[Association football|football]] teams: [[Abertillery Bluebirds F.C.|Abertillery Bluebirds]] and Abertillery Excelsiors. There are numerous other sports activities running on an organized basis such as bowls, badminton, squash etc.

The surrounding landscape provides hill walking opportunities and walker led groups are thriving in the area.  One example is Ebbw Fach Trekkers walking group.

The local museum has displays showing what life was like in the area in its heyday. It also has its own "valleys" Italian café complete with original furnishings.

The Metropole theatre holds musical and drama events – from Blues to amateur dramatics and dance.

The {{convert|20|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall}} [[Guardian (sculpture)|''Guardian'' memorial]] is a destination for visitors to South Wales and amateur photographers. The visitor centre Tŷ Ebbw Fach stands nearby and provides cafe and visitor "mining valley" experience facilities.