List of places in Monmouthshire
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Bedwellty
Bedwellty
Bedwellty was a parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, South Wales, until 1974.The original ancient parish was very large, including most of the upper Ebbw and Sirhowy valleys...

, Betws Newydd, Black Rock, Blaenawey, Bryngwyn
Bryngwyn
Bryngwyn is a village and rural location in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.- Location :Bryngwyn is located two miles to the west of Raglan in Monmouthshire.- History and amenities :...

, Buckholt, Botany Bay
Botany Bay, Monmouthshire
Botany Bay, Monmouthshire is an area in the Wye Valley in Wales, above the village of Tintern. It is the location of a Gwent Scouts camp site covering ....


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Catbrook
Catbrook
Catbrook is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Catbrook is located six miles south of Monmouth and one mile north west of Tintern.- History & Amenities :...

, Caer Llan, Caerwent
Caerwent
Caerwent is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and eleven miles east of Newport, and was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe. The modern village is built...

, Caldicot
Caldicot, Monmouthshire
Caldicot is a small town in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, located between Chepstow and Newport, just off the busy M4 / M48 motorway corridor. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn estuary. Caldicot has easy access by motorway and rail to Cardiff, and across the...

, Chapel Hill, Chepstow
Chepstow
Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway...

, Clydach, Coed Morgan
Coed Morgan
Coed Morgan is a village and rural area in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.- Location :Coed Morgan is situated four miles east of Abergavenny close to the villages of Llanddewi Rhydderch and Llanarth.- History & Amenities :...

, Coed-y-paen, Crick
Crick, Monmouthshire
Crick is a small village or hamlet in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. It is located on the A48 road 1 mile north of the town of Caldicot and 1 mile east of Caerwent.- History and amenities :...

, Croes y pant, Croes Hywel, Cross Ash
Cross Ash
Cross Ash is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.-Location:Cross Ash is located on the B4521 Ross-on-Wye to Abergavenny road, some six miles north east of Abergavenny.The River Monnow, forming the border with England here, passes close by....

, Crossway, Cwmcarvan
Cwmcarvan
Cwmcarvan is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 4 miles south west of Monmouth and about 4 miles east of Raglan, off the old A40 road not far from Trellech.-Church of St. Catwg:...

, Cwmyoy
Cwmyoy
Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. Alternate spellings include Cwm Iau, the name translating from the Welsh as "valley of the yoke"...


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Gaerllwyd
Gaerllwyd
Gaerllwyd is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Gaerllwyd is located six miles south east of Usk and seven miles north west of Chepstow on the B4235 road.- History & Amenities :...

, Gilwern
Gilwern
Gilwern is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. The name is translated from the Welsh language as "the nook near the alder grove". It is within the Llanelly parish ward of Monmouthshire County Council, west of market town of Abergavenny.-Attractions:...

, Glascoed
Glascoed
Glascoed is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Glascoed is located three miles east of Pontypool and three miles west of Usk.- History & Amenities :...

, Goetre
Goetre
- Location :Goetre is located five miles south of Abergavenny and four miles north of Pontypool, Torfaen.- History and amenities :Goetre has a canal wharf and visitor centre on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal , complete with interactive sculptures . The Llanover private estate, once presided...

, Govilon
Govilon
Govilon is a small Welsh village located between Llanfoist and Gilwern near Abergavenny in north Monmouthshire.- Attractions :The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes through the village and . The village has views overlooking the valley of the River Usk and up to the heights of the southern...

, Great Oak, Grosmont
Grosmont, Monmouthshire
Grosmont is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales near Abergavenny.- History :Grosmont Castle is a major feature of the village and was the birthplace of Henry, 1st Duke of Lancaster. St...

, Gwehelog
Gwehelog
Gwehelog is a village settlement in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.-Location:Gwehelog is located two miles south of the village of Raglan and two miles north of the small town of Usk in very rural Monmouthshire .-History and amenities:...

, Gwernesney
Gwernesney
- History and amenities :Gwernesney is set in a rural location close to Usk town. The village church is dedicated to St. Michael & All Angels . The village also has a pub . The South Wales Gliding Club operate towed gliders from nearby - often to be seen over the village .-External links:* *...


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Little Mill, Llanarth
Llanarth, Monmouthshire
Llanarth is a privately owned estate village within a conservation area in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire roughly halfway between Abergavenny and Raglan.- Rural Location :...

, Llanbadoc
Llanbadoc
Llanbadoc is a village and former civil parish in the ceremonial county of Monmouthshire in Wales.The village is in the Newport postal district of NP15, just across the River Usk from the town of Usk , off the A472...

, Llancayo
Llancayo
Llancayo is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny.- History and amenities :...

, Llanddewi Rhydderch
Llanddewi Rhydderch
Llanddewi Rhydderch is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales at . It is off the B4233 road, roughly five miles from Abergavenny.-History:The township of Llanddewi Rhydderch grew around the small llan, or monastic cell named after St. David. The churchyard has a very old Yew tree, which may be many...

, Llandewi Skirrid
Llandewi Skirrid
Llanddewi Skirrid is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Llanddewi Skirrid is located north east of Abergavenny on the old B4521 road to Ross-on-Wye.- History and amenities :...

, Llandegveth
Llandegveth
Llandegveth is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Llandegveth is located between Cwmbran, in Torfaen, and Usk in rural Monmouthshire.- History & amenities :...

, Llandenny
Llandenny
Llandenny is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Llandenny is located three miles south of Raglan and three miles north of Usk.- History and amenities :...

, Llandevenny, Llandogo
Llandogo
Llandogo is a small village in Monmouthshire, south Wales, located between Monmouth and Chepstow in the lower reaches of the Wye Valley AONB, two miles north of Tintern. It is set on a steep hillside overlooking the River Wye and across into the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.- History...

, Llanellen
Llanellen
Llanellen is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- History & Amenities :The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes through Llanellen. The Blorenge mountain towers above the village. The River Usk passes close by.-External links:...

, Llanelly
Llanelly
Llanelly is the name of both a village and its respective parish in Monmouthshire principal area, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales.- Situation :...

, Llanfair Kilgeddin
Llanfair Kilgeddin
Llanfair Kilgeddin is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles north west of Usk and six miles south east of Abergavenny on the B4598 road. The River Usk passes close by.- History and amenities :...

, Llanfihangel Rogiet, Llanfihangel Crucorney
Llanfihangel Crucorney
- Location :The village is located five miles north of Abergavenny and eighteen miles south of Hereford, England on the A465 road.- Amenities :Llanvihangel Crucorney is a small village with a pub, The Skirrid Mountain Inn which claims to be the oldest inn or hostelry in Wales, dating from at least...

, Llanfoist
Llanfoist
Llanfoist is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales at , very near Abergavenny.The name of the village derives from St. Fwyst, an early Christian Welsh Saint.-Attractions:...

, Llangattock-Lingoed
Llangattock-Lingoed
Llangattock Lingoed is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.- Location :Llangattock Lingoed is located approximately five miles north of Abergavenny, between Abergavenny and Grosmont, a few miles south of the Wales-England border. Offa's Dyke Path passes through the village...

, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel is a rural parish in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located five miles west of Monmouth and some thirteen miles east of Abergavenny, just off the B4233 old road between the two.-Name:...

, Llangovan
Llangovan
Llangovan is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- History and amenities :Llangovan is close to Monmouth, the county town and is set in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills beneath the Trellech ridge. The village has a small quiet church.-External links:*...

, Llangua
Llangua
Llangua is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.- History & Amenities :Llangua sits just inside the border with England on the Welsh bank of the River Monnow. The village has a parish church. Grosmont is one mile to the south-east....

, Llangwm-isaf, Llangybi
Llangybi, Monmouthshire
Llangybi is a village in Monmouthshire, in south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles south of the town of Usk and 5 miles north of Caerleon, in the valley of the River Usk.- History and buildings :...

, Llanhennock
Llanhennock
- Location :Llanhennock is located two miles north east of Caerleon and five miles south west of Usk.- History and amenities :Llanhennock is situated not far from the River Usk and is also close to Cwmbran .-External links:*...

, Llanishen
Llanishen, Monmouthshire
Llanishen is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located south west of Monmouth and south of Trellech on the B4293 road, although the main part of the village is set immediately to the west of the road, overlooking the Vale of Usk.- History and amenities :The...

, Llanllowell
Llanllowell
- History & Amenities :Llanllowell stands on the eastern bank of the River Usk. The village has a church dedicated to Saint Llywel. .-External links:*...

, Llanover
Llanover
- Location :Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool.- History & Amenities :Llanover is associated with Lady Llanover who lived locally all her life and certainly left her mark on the village and the surrounding Llanover estate, still privately owned...

, Llansoy
Llansoy
Llansoy is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom, located about 3 miles south east of Raglan.- History :There is an Iron Age hillfort 1 mile north west of the village, at Great House, covering an area of about 2 hectares and overlooking the River Olwy. Later, the...

, Llanthony
Llanthony
Llanthony is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Llanthony is located in the Vale of Ewyas, a deep and long valley with glacial origins within the Black Mountains, Wales, seven miles north of Abergavenny and within the eastern section of the Brecon Beacons...

, Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.- Location :The rural village of Llantilio Crossenny is situated between the two towns of Abergavenny and Monmouth on the B4223 road.- Amenities :...

, Llantilio Pertholey
Llantilio Pertholey
Llantilio Pertholey is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.- Location :A small hamlet to the north of the Mardy sited a mile to the north of the market town of Abergavenny just off the A465 Abergavenny to Hereford road....

, Llantrisant
Llantrisant, Monmouthshire
Llantrisant, Monmouthshire is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- History and amenities :The village is sited on the eastern bank of the River Usk and the Usk Valley Walk long distance footpath passes through the village after descending from the Wentwood escarpment. A...

, Llanvair-Discoed, Llanvapley
Llanvapley
- Location :Llanvapley is located at . It is on the B4233 road, four miles from Abergavenny and ten miles from Monmouth.- Amenities :Llanvapley has a cricket team, comprising a number of players from the village...

, Llanvetherine
Llanvetherine
Llanvetherine is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located five miles north east of Abergavenny on the B4521 road to Ross-on-Wye.- History & Amenities :The village has a church, dedicated to St...

, Llanwenarth
Llanwenarth
Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in the Usk Valley of 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.- History and amenities :...

, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern
Llanvihangel Ystern Llewern is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Llanvihangel Ystern Llewern is located between Abergavenny and Monmouth and north of Raglan...

, Llanvihangel Gobion
Llanvihangel Gobion
- Location :Llanvihangel Gobion is located approx. 5 miles east of Abergavenny not far from the A40 road and situated on the B4598 Abergavenny to Usk road.- Amenities :...


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Magor
Magor, Monmouthshire
Magor - meaning 'a wall' - is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, between Chepstow and the city of Newport, and adjoining the Caldicot Levels beside the Severn estuary. Magor lies close to the M4 motorway, which has a nearby motorway service area sharing its name...

, Mamhilad
Mamhilad
- History & Amenities :Mamhilad has a pub, the Star Inn and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes the village. There is another pub at Croes-y-Pant, the Horseshoe....

, Mardy
Mardy, Monmouthshire
Mardy is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.- Location :Mardy is located immediately to the north of the market town of Abergavenny. On old maps Mardy has the Welsh spelling Maerdy.- History & Amenities :...

, Maryland
Maryland, Monmouthshire
Maryland, Monmouthshire is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- History & Amenities :Maryland is situated in what is now termed the Wye Valley Forest Park, the upland area overlooking the Wye Valley AONB and part of the Trellech ridge, a rural, partly wooded area of...

, Mathern
Mathern
Mathern is a historic village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 5 km south west of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn estuary, the Bristol Channel and the M48 motorway. The village is designated as a Conservation Area...

, Maypole, Mitchel Troy
Mitchel Troy
Mitchel Troy is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles south west of the county town of Monmouth, just off the A40 road leading towards Raglan.- History and amenities :...

, Mitcheltroy Common, Monkswood
Monkswood, Monmouthshire
Monkswood is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Monkswood is located two miles west of Usk on the A472 road to Pontypool.- History & Amenities :...

, Monmouth
Monmouth
Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....

, Mounton
Mounton
Mounton is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom, located two miles west of Chepstow in a rural setting.The parish was originally part of the holdings of Chepstow Priory, with the name Monktown. It has a tiny parish church dedicated to St. Andoenus, which was almost wholly...

, Mynydd-bach
Shirenewton
Shirenewton is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, UK. It is located 3 miles due west of Chepstow, 5 miles by road. The village stands around 500 feet above sea level, and has extensive views of the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel....

, Mynyddislwyn
Mynyddislwyn
Mynyddislwyn was a civil parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It was abolished in local government reorganisation in 1974.The ancient parish of Mynyddislwyn covered a large part of the lower Ebbw and Sirhowy Valleys...


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Nant-y-derry
Nant-y-derry
Nant-y-derry is a village in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, located six miles south east of Abergavenny and four miles northwest of Usk.-History and amenities:...

, New Inn, New Mills, Newbridge-on-Usk
Newbridge-on-Usk
Newbridge on Usk is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.-Location:Newbridge on Usk is located on the River Usk five miles to the north of Newport in the Vale of Usk.-History and amenities:...

, Newcastle
Newcastle, Monmouthshire
Newcastle, Monmouthshire is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.-Location:Newcastle is located six miles north west of Monmouth and nine miles east of Abergavenny.-History and amenities:...

, Newchurch
Newchurch, Monmouthshire
Newchurch is an extensive rural parish and small hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located 6 miles south east of Usk and 6 miles north west of Chepstow, between the B4235 and B4293 roads.- History and amenities:...


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Pandy
Pandy, Monmouthshire
Pandy, Monmouthshire is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Pandy is located five miles north of Abergavenny on the A465 road to Hereford immediately to the north of Llanfihangel Crucorney...

, Parkhouse, Pen-croes-oped, Pen-how, Pen-yr-hoel, Pen-y-cae-mawr
Pen-y-cae-mawr
Pen-y-cae-mawr is small hamlet above the Wentwood Forest in Monmouthshire, Wales. There are two farms calledCas-Troggy Farm and Penyrheol Farm. There is also a chapel called Pen-y-cae-mawr Methodist Chapel on the main road to Pen-y-cae-mawr....

, Pen-y-clawdd
Pen-y-clawdd
-Location:Pen-y-clawdd is situated between Raglan and Monmouth, Monmouthshire, in south east Wales.-History and amenities:There has been a settlement here for over 1000 years and the remains of a Norman motte and bailey are still discernible...

, Pen-twyn, Penallt
Penallt
Penallt is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales set high on a hill above Monmouth. In the centre of the village, by the village green, is the 17th century village pub, the "Inn at Penallt", formerly called the Bush Inn....

, Penperlleni, Penrhos
Penrhos, Monmouthshire
-History and amenities:Penrhos has an old Norman motte and bailey castle site. Raglan Castle is located just north of Raglan village. Penrhos sits on a tributary stream of the River Trothy.The parish church is dedicated to Saint Cadoc .-External links:* *...

, Portskewett
Portskewett
Portskewett is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the Caldicot Levels on the Welsh shore of the Severn Estuary...

, Pwllmeyric
Pwllmeyric
Pwllmeyric is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales, located 1 mile south west of Chepstow, on the A48 road within the parish of Mathern.The name Pwllmeyric means, in Welsh, "Meurig's pool", and refers to the pwll or creek of the Severn estuary which, before it silted up, linked the village to...


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Raglan
Raglan, Monmouthshire
Raglan is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located some 9 miles south-west of Monmouth, midway between Monmouth and Abergavenny on the A40 road very near to the junction with the A449 road...

, Redbrook
Redbrook
Redbrook is a village in Gloucestershire, England, adjoining the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on the River Wye and is within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.- History :...

, Redwick, Rockfield
Rockfield, Monmouthshire
Rockfield is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Rockfield is located two miles north west of Monmouth on the B4233 road.- History & Amenities :...

, Rogiet
Rogiet
Rogiet is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, located between Caldicot and Magor, some 8 miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport. It lies close to the M4 and M48 motorways, and the Second Severn Crossing. It is also the location of Severn Tunnel Junction railway...


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Shirenewton
Shirenewton
Shirenewton is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, UK. It is located 3 miles due west of Chepstow, 5 miles by road. The village stands around 500 feet above sea level, and has extensive views of the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel....

, Skenfrith
Skenfrith
Skenfrith is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located on the River Monnow, close to the border between Wales and England, about 6 miles north-west of Monmouth.- History and amenities :...

, St Arvans, St Brides Netherwent
St Brides Netherwent
St. Brides Netherwent is a parish and largely deserted village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 2 miles north of Magor, and 3 miles west of Caerwent. The A48 Newport to Chepstow road passes close by to the north.-History:...

, St. Maughans
St. Maughans
-History and amenities:St. Maughans is close to the River Monnow and the border with England. The village has a church .-External links:*...

, Sudbrook
Sudbrook, Monmouthshire
Sudbrook is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 4 miles south west of Chepstow and 1 mile east of Caldicot. It lies close to the Second Severn Crossing on the Severn Estuary, and adjoins the village of Portskewett. It was largely built in the late 19th century for workers...


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The Bryn, Tintern
Tintern
Tintern is a village on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about 5 miles north of Chepstow...

, Tredunnock
Tredunnock
Tredunnock is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. Tredunnock is located northeast of Caerleon and four miles south of Usk.-History and amenities:...

, Tregagle, Tregare
Tregare
Tregare is an ancient parish on the northern border of the Raglan hundred of Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.-Location:Tregare is located two miles north of Raglan in deeply rural Monmouthshire .-History and amenities:...

, Trelleck Grange
Trelleck Grange
Trelleck Grange is a small hamlet in a rural area of Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located about 3 miles south of Trellech, 2 miles west of Tintern, and 7 miles south of Monmouth, the county town...

, Trelleck, Twyn-y-Sheriff, The Narth

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Wernyrheolydd, Whitebrook
Whitebrook
Whitebrook is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located four miles south east of Monmouth in the Wye Valley.- History and amenities :...

, Whitson
Whitson
- Location :Whitson is located seven miles south east of Newport city centre on the Caldicot Levels, a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea...

, Wilcrick
Wilcrick
Wilcrick is a small village within the administrative boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales, just to the west of Magor. It is within the historic county of Monmouthshire.The name translates from the Welsh as "bare hill"...

, Wolvesnewton
Wolvesnewton
Wolvesnewton is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom, located 6 miles north west of Chepstow between the villages of Devauden and Llangwm.- History :...

, Wonastow
Wonastow
Wonastow is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- History & Amenities :Wonastow has a twelfth century church dedicated to St. Wonnow or Saint Winwaloe, believed to have been built on a seventh century religious site. Monmouth's Wonastow Road industrial estate is located...

, Wyesham
Wyesham, Monmouth
Wyesham is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.- Location :Wyesham is located less than one mile from Monmouth town centre on the other side of the River Wye bridge.- History & Amenities :...

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