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Llanellen

Llanellen is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

Llanellen
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The place

Llanellen is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located three miles (4.8 km) south of Abergavenny.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llanellen

6 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. 01
    The Blorenge

    Blorenge, also called The Blorenge, is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. It is situated in the southeastern corner of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

    3.6 km · hill (561m) in Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Castell Arnallt

    The site of Castell Arnallt, sometimes known as Castle Arnold, is located near the village of Llanover in the Usk valley of Monmouthshire, Wales, some 4 miles south east of Abergavenny. It was the fortified court house, or llys, of Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, lord of Over Gwent or Gwent Uwchcoed, before it was destroyed after Seisyll and some of his household were killed at Abergavenny Castle by William de Braose in 1175.

    2 km · possible castle in Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Bartholomew's Church

    The Church of St Bartholomew, Llanover, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the period following the Norman Conquest. The nave appears the earliest part of the present building, with the chancel dating from the 14th century, the tower from the 16th century and the porch from the 18th century.

    1.9 km · church in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Great House

    Great House, Llanover, Monmouthshire is a country house dating from the late-16th century. Extended in the mid-18th century and little altered thereafter, it is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.9 km · country house in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Llangattock Court

    Llangattock Court, Penpergwm, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a country house of late-medieval origins. Cadw gives a date for original building of 1490-1520.

    3.3 km · house in Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Cadoc's Church

    The Church of St Cadoc, Llangattock-Juxta-Usk, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its datable origins in the 15th century. The church was restored in 1827 and again in 1864–5.

    3.1 km · church in Llangattock-juxta-Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia

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.

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Getting to Llanellen

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 49 km · Bristol (BRS), 49 km · Birmingham (BHX), 114 km
Stations
Abergavenny railway station, 3.8 km · Penpergwm railway station, 2.6 km
  • Cardiff → Llanellen
    37 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £4–6
  • Bristol → Llanellen
    47 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llanellen
    108 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £13–17
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llanellen

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 Llanellen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFrom Abergavenny they continue to Hereford then either to Holyhead (for ferries to Dublin) or to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.

From Wikivoyage: 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. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    133 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    170 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    444 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    478 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    480 km

If you know how people move in Llanellen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Llanellen

Llanellen is 36 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Llanfoistvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales3.4 km
  • Llanovervillage in Monmouthshire, Wales2.9 km
  • Llanfoist Fawrcommunity in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK3.5 km
  • Penpergwmvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK2.7 km
  • The Brynsettlement in Monmouthshire, Wales3.2 km