Caldicot
Caldicot is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Caldicot is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. The town is located between Chepstow and the city of Newport. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn Estuary. The population of the built-up area was around 11,000. It has a large school, Caldicot School, and is known for its medieval castle. The built-up area includes Portskewett. Caldicot had a population of 9,604 in 2011.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Caldicot Castle
Many events throughout the year, particularly over the Summer school holidays.
- 02Dewstow Grotto
A bizarre underground grotto, set in landscaped gardens.
- 03Venta Silurum
- 04Victorian works for the Severn Railway Tunnel
If you like Victorian history, or just a close-up view of the Second Severn Crossing, it's more interesting than it sounds.
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Things to do
- 01Caldicot and Wentloog Levels
Number of waymarked walks in the alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the Severn Estuary.
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Where to eat
There are multiple cafes, a Mediterranean restaurant and an Indian restaurant in the town centre, along with several public houses serving food, including The Castle Pub on the edge of the Castle Park. Several ore restaurants can be found in nearby Magor and the surrounding area. Fratellis,.
- 01Castle Inn
64 Church Road,.
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Getting to Caldicot
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 23 km · Cardiff (CWL), 46 km · Birmingham (BHX), 118 km
- Cardiff → Caldicot32 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £4–5
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Caldicot116 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–18
- London → Caldicot182 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £19–25
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Caldicot
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Caldicot. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe bridge over the river, which opened in 1906 and replaced a ferry (which promptly went bankrupt owing to an inevitable loss of custom), is particularly fine.
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If you know how people move in Caldicot – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Caldicot
Caldicot is 18 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.