--- title: "Cwmyoy – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Cwmyoy, United Kingdom: Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. Nearby: St Martin's Church, Pen y Clawdd Castle, Bryn Arw. Every way…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cwmyoy" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cwmyoy.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cwmyoy_church_%2830429667211%29.jpg/1920px-Cwmyoy_church_%2830429667211%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales · United Kingdom # Cwmyoy Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. ![Cwmyoy](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cwmyoy_church_%2830429667211%29.jpg/1920px-Cwmyoy_church_%2830429667211%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Cwmyoy · John Lord from Edinburgh, Scotland The place Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales. The standard Welsh name is Cwm Iau or Cwm-iau. In the Gwentian dialect of Welsh that was spoken here until the late 1800s, the name was pronounced as Cwm Iou. The 'English' name is in fact this local dialect form in a more English spelling. The name of the valley probably originates from the Welsh word iau meaning yoke, in reference to the shape of the hill surrounding it. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwmyoy), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Cwmyoy 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. St Martin's Church The Church of St Martin, Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales, was begun in the 12th century, although most of the current structure dates from the 13th century. The church is most notable for its extreme tilt, the result of a landslide. 200 m · church in Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Church,_Cwmyoy) 2. Pen y Clawdd Castle Pen y Clawdd Castle is a ditched mound with a double moat, roughly circular in shape, with a diameter of approximately 28m to 30m and about 2.4m high. The castle is in Llanvihangel Crucorney, about five miles to the north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in south east Wales and lies between the Usk and Monnow rivers. 3.3 km · archaeological site in Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_y_Clawdd_Castle) 3. Bryn Arw Bryn Arw is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south Wales. It lies 4 km north of the town of Abergavenny and 1.5 miles west of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney. 3.5 km · hill (384m) in Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn_Arw) 4. Hatterrall Hill Hatterrall Hill is a rounded peak in the Black Mountains which sits on the Wales-England border, partly in Monmouthshire, Wales and partly in Herefordshire, England. Its summit at 531m is the high point of a peaty plateau which falls away steeply on all sides. 2.7 km · hill (531m) in Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatterrall_Hill) 5. St Issui's Church The Church of St Issui, Partrishow, Powys, Wales, is a Grade I listed parish church dating from 1060. The existing building was mainly constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries and was sensitively restored in 1908–1909. 2.1 km · church in Patrishow, Powys, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Issui%27s_Church,_Partrishow) 6. Millbrook Millbrook, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire is a house dating from the early 17th century and is a Grade II\* listed building. 3.5 km · house in Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millbrook,_Llanvihangel_Crucorney) 7. Barn At Trewyn Farm The barn at Trewyn Farm, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire is part of a complex of farm buildings dating from the late 16th century. The barn has a Grade II\* listing, with the Old farmhouse at Trewyn Farm and Trewyn Farmhouse having separate Grade II listings. 2.8 km · building in Crucorney, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trewyn_Farm_barn,_Llanvihangel_Crucorney) 8. Trewyn House Trewyn House, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a country house dating from 1692. Its origins are older but the present building was constructed by the Delahayes at the very end of the 17th century when the house sat in Herefordshire. 3 km · house in Monmouthshire, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trewyn_House) 9. Ty-hwnt-y-bwlch Ty-Hwnt-y-Bwlch Farmhouse,, Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse in the north of the county dating from the late 16th century. Located on the hillside above the Church of St Martin, it is a Grade II\* listed building. 800 m · historic site in Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty-Hwnt-y-Bwlch_Farmhouse,_Cwmyoy) 10. St. Michael and All Angels, Llanvihangel Crucorney St Michael's Church stands in the centre of the village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1956 for its historic importance and surviving medieval features. 3.7 km · grade II listed building in Crucorney, in the centre of Llanvihangel Crucorney village · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Llanvihangel_Crucorney) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Cwmyoy **Airports:** Cardiff (CWL), 61 km · Bristol (BRS), 62 km · Birmingham (BHX), 106 km\ **Stations:** Llanvihangel railway station, 3.7 km\ - Cardiff → Cwmyoy 48 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £6–7 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-cwmyoy) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Cwmyoy) - Bristol → Cwmyoy 58 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £7–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-cwmyoy) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Cwmyoy) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Cwmyoy 103 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-cwmyoy) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Cwmyoy) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Cwmyoy) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Cwmyoy 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 Cwmyoy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Abergavenny they continue to Hereford then either to Holyhead (for ferries to Dublin) or to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. From [Wikivoyage: Abergavenny](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abergavenny), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 140 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 180 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 432 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 467 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 474 km If you know how people move in Cwmyoy – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ccwmyoy&title=Cwmyoy&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fcwmyoy), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Cwmyoy Cwmyoy is 48 km from [Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cardiff), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Crucorney](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crucorney) community in Monmouthshire, Wales 1.9 km - [Oldcastle](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/oldcastle) village in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom 2.8 km - [Pandy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pandy) village in Monmouthshire, Wales 3.9 km - [Llanvihangel Crucorney](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llanvihangel-crucorney) village in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK 3.7 km [The place page for Cwmyoy](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/cwmyoy) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cwmyoy, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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