History of Scouting in Torfaen District
The district stretches back to the early days of scouting. It was originally part of the Monmouthshire Area.
It is known that scouting existed in the north of the eastern valley by November 1909 with the first district (Pontypool) being registered during 1911. During the intervening years, the district which covers from Blaenavon to Cwmbran and at one time extended to Usk and Caerleon has been divided in two and then unified on a number of occasions.
Torfaen District was formed on the 1st April 1986 when the districts of Cwmbran and Eastern Valley were merged.