--- title: "Grosmont – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Grosmont, United Kingdom: Grosmont is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. Nearby: Grosmont Castle, Kentchurch Court, St…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grosmont" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grosmont.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Grosmont_from_the_castle.jpg" --- Village and community in Wales · United Kingdom # Grosmont Grosmont is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. ![Grosmont](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Grosmont_from_the_castle.jpg) Grosmont · Wikimedia Commons The place Grosmont is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2021 census was 869. The wider community (parish) includes the villages of Llangattock Lingoed, Llangua and Llanvetherine. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosmont%2C_Monmouthshire), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Grosmont 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. Grosmont Castle Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford. 100 m · castle in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosmont_Castle) 2. Kentchurch Court Kentchurch Court is a Grade I listed stately home 1,200 yards east from the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England. 2.4 km · Grade I listed English country house in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England,UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentchurch_Court) 3. St James's Church The Church of St James is a former parish church at Llangua in the north-east of Monmouthshire. Although in Wales, the church is in the Church of England rather than the Church in Wales, being part of the parish of Kentchurch in the Diocese of Hereford. 2 km · church in Llangua, Monmouthshire, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Llangua) 4. Graig Syfyrddin Graig Syfyrddin or just The Graig, is a 423m high hill near Grosmont in north-eastern Monmouthshire, Wales. The summit knoll is known as Edmund's Tump. 3.4 km · hill (423m) in Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graig_Syfyrddin) 5. Pontrilas Court Pontrilas Court situated at the west end of the village Pontrilas in Herefordshire is a large stone Grade II\* listed mansion and is marked on the 1904 Ordnance Survey map illustration. 3.2 km · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontrilas_Court) 6. Glyndwr Including Railed Forecourt Glyndŵr House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a village house dating from the late 17th century. It is a Grade II\* listed building. 0 m · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_House,_Grosmont) 7. Great Tresenny Great Tresenny Farmhouse, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from c.1600. Situated just to the south of the village, the farmhouse is a Grade II\* listed building. 300 m · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tresenny_Farmhouse) 8. Howell's House Howell's House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is an early 17th century house. Previously known as The Shop, it served as a village stores from the mid-19th century in the 1980s. 0 m · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell%27s_House,_Grosmont) 9. Lower Dyffryn House Lower Dyffryn House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century. Owned by a Sheriff of Monmouthshire in the early 1600s, it was rebuilt by the Cecil family in the mid-17th century as a substantial mansion to the typical Elizabethan e-plan. 3.5 km · house in Grosmont Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Dyffryn_House,_Grosmont) 10. Town Farm Town Farm, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century. It is a Grade II\* listed building. 100 m · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Farm,_Grosmont) 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 Grosmont **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 60 km · Cardiff (CWL), 66 km · Birmingham (BHX), 97 km\ **Stations:** Pontrilas railway station, 3.2 km\ - Bristol → Grosmont 55 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £6–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-grosmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Grosmont) - Cardiff → Grosmont 53 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-grosmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Grosmont) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Grosmont 94 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-grosmont) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Grosmont) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Grosmont) 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 Grosmont 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 Grosmont. 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 149 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 174 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 434 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 470 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 483 km If you know how people move in Grosmont – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgrosmont&title=Grosmont&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgrosmont), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Grosmont Grosmont is 53 km from [Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cardiff), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Kentchurch](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kentchurch) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 1.9 km - [Rowlestone](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rowlestone) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom 3 km - [Llancillo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llancillo) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England 3.9 km - [Pontrilas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pontrilas) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 3.2 km - [Llangua](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llangua) village in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom 2 km - [Monmouth Cap](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/monmouth-cap) hamlet in Monmouthshire 2.1 km [The place page for Grosmont](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/grosmont) [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/grosmont, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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