Llanwenarth

Llanwenarth

Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

Llanwenarth is located two miles west of the market town of Abergavenny, close to the banks of the River Usk [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/461717] .

History & Amenities

The village has a church dedicated to St. Peter and once had a Victorian schoolhouse (now demolished). The village, which has the full name of Llanwenarth Citra, sits in flattish grassy pastures [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/447541] between the Blorenge mountain and the Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales. Some of these meadows have been designated a SSSI.

The busy A40 Abergavenny to Brecon road passes along the valley side above the flood plain of the River Usk and Nevill Hall Hospital is situated close by on the outskirts of Abergavenny town.

The Abergavenny & Border Counties Show annual agricultural show, similar to Monmouth Show, used to be held on the fields close to the church until the 1990's.

An old cable ferry (similar to Hampton Loade Ferry on the River Severn) used to be used in Victorian times to cross the River Usk from a field on the Abergavenny / Llanwenarth side to the Govilon side of the river, the bank there was referred to as Llanwenarth Ultra.

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Llanwenarth/index.html Genuki info on Llanwenarth]


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