St. Illtyd

St. Illtyd is a hamlet near Aberbeeg, Wales. It is situated on the mountain road between Pontypool and Abertillery in Blaenau Gwent at . It rests at about 1200 feet above sea level. The Royal Mail postcode is NP13 2AY.

The hamlet of St. Illtyd

In and around the hamlet there can be found cottages, farms, former farms, a public house, a former public house, a huge former open cast site, former levels, a canyon left by an opencast or strip mining, a television transmitter, a graveyard and what was once the parish church of Llanhilleth in the Diocese of Monmouth

St. Illtyd by Night

The Friends of St. Illtyd[1] help Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council[2] look after the church building. The graveyard is still in the hands of the Church in Wales

John Wesley visited St. Illtyd twice to speak at the preaching cross which is now in the graveyard.