Thornhill, Torfaen

Thornhill is a large council estate on the western side of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Upper Cwmbran.

The estate is large and sprawling, built in the mid 1980s for the people of pill Newport to temporarily reside at as much of pill needed redevelopment. The residents liked the houses and never left. It is built around the original Thornhill farm house, which is still situated in the middle of the estate. The farm originally farmed pigs and the woodland now surrounding the main estate still has remains of the old Walls and pig sty's. The estate itself is divided into small cul de sacs that are all named after Welsh rivers or lakes. The main thoroughfare is Hafren Road ('Hafren' is Welsh for the River Severn).

At the centre of the estate is a small shopping precinct which is home to a convenience store, newsagent, fish and chip shop [a chemist] and pub.

Thornhill is the most economically improved area of Cwmbran and in the wider Torfaen area.

Coordinates: 51°39′28″N 3°03′02″W / 51.6578°N 3.0505°W