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{{Short description|Village in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
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| country                     = Wales
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| welsh_name                  = Aber-bîg
| constituency_welsh_assembly = 
| official_name               = Aberbeeg
| unitary_wales               = [[Blaenau Gwent]]
| unitary_wales1              = [[Caerphilly County Borough Council]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney]]
| post_town                   = ABERTILLERY
| postcode_district           = NP13
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'''Aberbeeg''' ({{langx|cy|Aber-bîg}}) is a village which lies in both [[Blaenau Gwent]] and [[Caerphilly County Borough]], in [[Wales]], within the [[Historic counties of Wales|historic boundaries]] of [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]]. It is part of the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Llanhilleth]]. The two main tributaries of the [[Ebbw River]], the Ebbw Fawr and Ebbw Fach converge at Aberbeeg.<ref>Davies (2008), p.232</ref>

Nearby are the villages of Llanhilleth and Six Bells, where the former [[Six Bells Colliery|colliery]] allowed the whole community to thrive as part of the [[South Wales coalfield]] community.

[[File:St Illtyds Church - geograph.org.uk - 108953.jpg|left|180px|thumb|St Illtyd's church]]
Today, one of the most prominent sights in Aberbeeg area is the grade II* listed [[St. Illtyd]]'s [[parish church]], which is thought to have been built in the late 5th century, and underwent extensive renovation over the last 200 years. After closing in 1962, the church was privately acquired in 1984. It has now returned to public ownership and is now open to visitors. The friends of St. Illtyd help Blaenau Gwent look after the building.

[[Aberbeeg railway station]] closed on 30 April 1962. The [[Ebbw Valley Railway]] re-opened in February 2008. A bus service between Aberbeeg and [[Llanhilleth railway station|Llanhilleth]], the nearest railway station on the line, runs every hour.

It is named after the Nant Big<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2015 |title=Flood Risk Management Plan |url=https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/media/2mnjzpns/floods_frmp_complete.pdf |publisher=[[Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council]]}}</ref> (also spelled {{lang|cy|Nant Bîg}}), a small stream that flows into the Ebbw Fawr river approximately half-a-mile upstream from the [[confluence]] of the Ebbw Fawr and Ebbw Fach. The term "bîg" (later "beeg") in the Welsh name, is derived from the Welsh term "pig", meaning a beak or spout, which may refer to a spot where the small stream emerges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=Aberbeeg |url=https://caerphilly.observer/aberbeeg/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Caerphilly Observer |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==In popular culture==
In the TV series [[Fresh Meat (TV series)|Fresh Meat]] one of the lead characters, Josie ([[Kimberley Nixon]]), states she is from Aberbeeg.

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |editor1-first=John |editor1-last=Davies|editor1-link=John Davies (historian)|editor2-first=Nigel |editor2-last=Jenkins | editor2-link=Nigel Jenkins| editor3-first=Baines |editor3-last=Menna|editor4-first=Peredur I. |editor4-last=Lynch |title=The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales |year=2008 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=978-0-7083-1953-6}}

== External links ==
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*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=6630969 Photos of Aberbeeg and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk]
*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/ Welsh Coal Mines website]

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[[Category:Villages in Blaenau Gwent]]