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Magor

Magor is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 9 miles (14 km) west of Chepstow and about 9 miles (14 km) east of Newport.

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The place

Magor is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 9 miles (14 km) west of Chepstow and about 9 miles (14 km) east of Newport. It lies on the Caldicot Levels beside the Severn Estuary, and is in the community of Magor with Undy. Magor lies close to the M4 motorway.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Magor

7 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
    Penhow Castle

    Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century. Extended and reconstructed in almost every century since, it has been claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited castle in Wales.

    3.8 km · castle in Penhow, Newport, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Pencoed Castle

    Pencoed Castle is a ruined Tudor mansion, largely dating from the 16th century, in the parish of Llanmartin, now within the city of Newport, south Wales. It is located about 0.5 miles east of Llanmartin village, and 0.5 miles south-east of Llandevaud, at the end of a farm lane.

    3 km · historic site in Newport, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary's Church

    St Mary's Church, Undy is located in the village of Undy, in Monmouthshire, Wales.

    1.5 km · church in Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary, Rogiet

    The Church of St Mary is the parish church of Rogiet, a small rural village on the Caldicot Levels, 8 miles west of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.2 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Thomas's Church

    The Church of St Thomas is the parish church of the village of Redwick, to the south east of the city of Newport, South Wales, Great Britain. A medieval church, Perpendicular in style, and with elements dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, possibly with twelfth-century origins, it was listed Grade I on 3 January 1963.

    3.2 km · church in Redwick, Newport, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Penhow Woodlands National Nature Reserve

    Penhow Woodlands National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest located in south east Wales near the village of Penhow, to the east of Newport. The reserve covers an area of 24 hectares.

    2.8 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet

    St Michael and All Angels Church, Llanfihangel Rogiet, is a redundant church in the hamlet of Llanfihangel Rogiet near the village of Rogiet, Monmouthshire, Wales. It has been designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

    2.7 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Magor

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 23 km · Cardiff (CWL), 41 km · Birmingham (BHX), 122 km
Stations
Severn Tunnel Junction railway station, 3.8 km · Magor railway station, 200 m
  • Cardiff → Magor
    27 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £3–4.5
  • London → Magor
    187 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · £19–25
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Magor
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Magor

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    135 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    146 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    470 km
  4. 04
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    499 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    506 km

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

Around it

Next door to Magor

Magor is 21 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Rogietvillage and community in Monmouthshire, Wales3.2 km
  • Bishtonvillage and community in Newport, Wales, UK3.4 km
  • Redwickvillage in Newport, south-east Wales3 km
  • Magor with Undycommunity in Monmouthshire, Wales2.9 km
  • Undyvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK1 km
  • Underwoodvillage in Newport, Wales4 km