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Llanvapley

Llanvapley is a village in the community of Gobion Fawr, in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

The place

Llanvapley is a village in the community of Gobion Fawr, in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. Llan replaced the (earlier) Eglwys (1254).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llanvapley

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
    White Castle

    White Castle, also known historically as Llantilio Castle, is a ruined castle near the village of Llantilio Crossenny in 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.

    3.1 km · castle in Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Teilo, Llantilio Crossenny

    The Church of St Teilo is the parish church of Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. "An unusually grand cruciform church", with an Early English tower crossed by a Decorated chancel, it was designated a Grade I listed building on 19 November 1953 The church is dedicated to Saint Teilo.

    3.6 km · Grade I listed church in Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of Saint Mapley

    The Church of St Mapley, Llanvapley, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the 15th century. Dedicated to St Mable, variants of the dedication include St Mapley, St Mabli and St Mafli.

    300 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Teilo's Church

    The Church of St Teilo, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales is a former parish church with its origins in the 15th century. Renovations took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

    3.3 km · church in Llanarth, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hen Gwrt Medieval Moated Site

    Hen Gwrt,, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire is the site of a thirteenth century manor house and a sixteenth century hunting lodge. Originally constructed for the Bishops of Llandaff, it subsequently came into the possession of the Herberts of Raglan Castle.

    3.3 km · site in Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Corn Barn With Attached Stable And Lofted Cider House At Great Tre-rhew

    The Corn Barn, Stable and Cider House at Great Tre-Rhew Farm, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire form part of "one of the most completely surviving farmsteads in the county". Constructed in the late 17th century, the corn barn is an eight-bay structure with the stable and cider house forming two, gabled, linked additions.

    3.9 km · building in Llantilio Crossenny, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth

    The Church of St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth, Monmouthshire, was built as the family chapel for Llanarth Court. It was the first Roman Catholic church constructed in the county since the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the mid-16th century.

    3.9 km · church in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Coed-y-gelli

    Coed-y-gelli, Llanarth, Monmouthshire is a house dating from the late 16th or early 17th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.7 km · house in Llanarth, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Gelli Including Attached Cider House, Farm Range And Barn

    Gelli Farmhouse, Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire, is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century. The settlement at Gelli-wig has a recorded history dating from the 14th century.

    2.8 km · house in Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    4 km · country house in Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Llanvapley

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 51 km · Cardiff (CWL), 55 km · Birmingham (BHX), 107 km
  • Bristol → Llanvapley
    47 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £5–7
  • Cardiff → Llanvapley
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £5–7
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llanvapley
    101 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llanvapley

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 Llanvapley. 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

    141 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    169 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    442 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    478 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    483 km

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

Around it

Next door to Llanvapley

Llanvapley is 42 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.