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Llangattock

Llangattock is a village, community and electoral ward in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales.

Llangattock
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The place

Llangattock is a village, community and electoral ward in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It lies in the Usk Valley just across the river from the town of Crickhowell. The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes through the village en route between Brecon and Pontypool. It is in the historic county of Breconshire.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llangattock

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. 01
    Crickhowell Castle

    Crickhowell Castle is a Grade I listed building in Crickhowell, Wales, now largely ruined. An alternative name, "Alisby's Castle", is sometimes used; this is thought to be after a former governor of the castle, Gerald Alisby.

    1 km · castle in Crickhowell, Powys, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Crug Hywel

    Crug Hywel is an Iron Age Celtic hillfort, with a clearly visible earth and stone ditch and rampart. Crug Hywel is approached by a couple of public footpaths across farmland from Crickhowell and Llanbedr and visited by the Beacons Way.

    3.5 km · hillfort on summit of hill in Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Crickhowell Bridge

    Crickhowell Bridge is an 18th-century bridge that spans the River Usk in Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. The main A4077 road to Gilwern crosses it.

    800 m · bridge in Crickhowell, mid-Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Edmunds King & Martyr Parish Church, New Road

    St Edmund's Church is located in Crickhowell, in southeastern Powys, Wales. Built in the early 14th century, the church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the king and martyr.

    1.1 km · church · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Craig y Cilau

    Craig y Cilau is a limestone escarpment in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. The name translates from Welsh as crag of the nooks.

    2.7 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mynydd Llangatwg

    Mynydd Llangatwg or Llangattock Mountain is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park mostly in the county of Powys, south Wales but also extending into both Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent. It is named from the village of Llangatwg which sits in the valley of the River Usk to the north of it.

    3.3 km · hill (528.9m) in Powys · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Glanusk Park

    Glanusk Park is a country estate in Wales, United Kingdom, situated near the town of Crickhowell, Powys and was established in 1826 by ironmaster Sir Joseph Bailey. The park features in the hereditary title Baron Glanusk which was given to Sir Joseph's grandson, Sir Joseph Bailey in 1899 who at that time was the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.

    2.5 km · mansion near Crickhowell, Powys · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Crickhowell Market Hall

    Crickhowell Market Hall, formerly Crickhowell Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Wales. The structure, which accommodates market stalls on the ground floor and a café on the first floor, is a Grade II* listed building.

    1.2 km · building in Crickhowell, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Parish Church of St Elli

    The Church of St Elli, Llanelly, Monmouthshire, South East Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. The church underwent three major restorations, in 1867–1868, 1897 and 1910–1911.

    3.5 km · church in Llanelly, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Ty-uchaf

    Ty Uchaf Farmhouse, Llanelly, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse in the west of the county dating from the early 17th century. Located 0.5 km north-west of the Church of St Elli, it is a Grade II* listed building.

    3 km · house in Llanelly, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia

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Getting to Llangattock

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 52 km · Bristol (BRS), 60 km · Birmingham (BHX), 117 km
  • Cardiff → Llangattock
    41 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £5–7
  • Bristol → Llangattock
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · £7–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llangattock
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £14–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llangattock

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 Llangattock. 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

    129 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    182 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    434 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    467 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    470 km

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Around it

Next door to Llangattock

Llangattock is 41 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Crickhowelltown and community in Powys, Wales1.2 km
  • Llanellyhamlet and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom3.5 km
  • Cwrt y Gollenvillage in Powys, Wales, UK2.5 km