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Goytre Village Hall (GVH)

Address
Newtown Road, Penperlleni
Pontypool, NP4 0AW United Kingdom Get Directions

Goytre Village Hall (GVH) is our base during the winter for our Thursday evening talks. There is ample free parking. You can arrive after 7:40pm for talks that usually begin at 8.00pm and last about an hour. We ask you to vacate the hall by 9.45pm please.

Goytre Sports and Social Club (GSSC), situated in the same building but independent of the village hall, has a bar where drinks can be purchased at favourable prices. We are very welcome in the GSSC and our arrangement with them is that gwentmc members should purchase annual membership of GSSC for a nominal sum (£5) prior to using the facilities each winter.

Grid Reference:
– 6-figure: SO 324046
– 10-figure: SO 32409 04645

Sat nav coordinates:
– Latitude, Longitude (decimal)
51.736420, -2.9802108
– Latitude, Longitude (degs, mins, secs)
51°44′11″N, 002°58′49″W

Events at this venue

Today

  • Talk: Oberland Traverse Glacier Trek

    Goytre Village Hall (GVH) Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, United Kingdom

    Join Jon & friends for this talk on the Oberland Traverse Glacier Trek.

  • Talk: The Icarus Ascent: Ghosts of the Matterhorn

    Goytre Village Hall (GVH) Newtown Road, Penperlleni, Pontypool, United Kingdom

    Invited guest speaker Mike Lewis will talk about the The Icarus Ascent: Ghosts of the Matterhorn: Seven men, seven stories, one mountain ... July 14, 1865: Seven men stand atop the Matterhorn, Switzerland's most famous peak. Led by Englishman Edward Whymper, they have beaten a rival Italian party to attain the summit of 'The ImpossibleContinue reading "Talk: The Icarus Ascent: Ghosts of the Matterhorn"