Mathern
Mathern is a village, community, and historic parish in Monmouthshire, South East Wales, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn Estuary, the Bristol Channel and the M48 motorway.
Mathern is a village, community, and historic parish in Monmouthshire, South East Wales, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn Estuary, the Bristol Channel and the M48 motorway. The village is designated as a Conservation Area. It is bisected by the M4 motorway, which passes over the road through the village, with the original village located to the south and Newton Green to the north.
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Worth seeing in and around Mathern
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.
- 01Severn Bridge
The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales. It is the original Severn road crossing between England and Wales, and took three and a half years to build, at a cost of £8 million.
3.7 km · suspension bridge in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia - 02Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern.
3.1 km · castle in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 03Old Wye Bridge
The Old Wye Bridge or Town Bridge at Chepstow, known historically as Chepstow Bridge, crosses the River Wye between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England, close to Chepstow Castle. Although there had been earlier wooden bridges on the site since Norman times, the current road bridge was constructed of cast iron in 1816 during the Regency period, by John Rastrick of Bridgnorth, who greatly modified earlier plans by John Rennie.
3.4 km · bridge in Chepstow, south-east Wales · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Church
The Parish and Priory Church of St Mary is located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Parts of the building, including its ornate west doorway, date from the late 11th century and are contemporary with the nearby Norman castle.
3 km · church in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Chepstow Railway Bridge
Chepstow Railway Bridge is a former railway bridge built to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. Known as the "Great Tubular Bridge", it spanned the River Wye at Chepstow, Wales, and is considered one of Brunel's major achievements.
3.3 km · grade II listed railway bridge in Chepstow, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06St Tewdric's Church
St Tewdric's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is purportedly built over the resting place of Saint Tewdrig for whom it is named.
400 m · church in Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 07Church of St Mary, Portskewett
St Mary's is a church in the centre of the village of Portskewett, Monmouthshire, Wales. It has been designated a Grade I listed building since 19 August 1955.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 08Powis Almshouses
The Powis Almshouses are a block of almshouses in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, at the junction of Church Street and Bridge Street. The building dates from about 1721, and was constructed as a result of a bequest from Thomas Powis, a vintner who was probably born in the town.
3 km · building in Chepstow, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Chepstow Museum
Chepstow Museum is a museum in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is operated by Monmouthshire Museums Service.
3.3 km · local museum in Chepstow · Wikipedia - 10Mathern Palace
Mathern Palace is a Grade I listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, located some 3 miles south-west of Chepstow close to the Severn Estuary. Between about 1408 and 1705 it was the main residence of the Bishops of Llandaff.
500 m · Grade I listed palace in Mathern, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mathern
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 26 km · Cardiff (CWL), 51 km · Birmingham (BHX), 113 km
- Stations
- Chepstow railway station, 2.8 km
- Cardiff → Mathern37 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £4.5–6
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Mathern110 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
- London → Mathern178 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Mathern
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 Mathern. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe bridge over the river, which opened in 1906 and replaced a ferry (which promptly went bankrupt owing to an inevitable loss of custom), is particularly fine.
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Next door to Mathern
Mathern is 19 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chepstowtown and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK2.9 km
- Portskewettvillage and community in Monmouthshire, Wales3.9 km
- Sedburyvillage in Gloucestershire, UK3.1 km
- Beachleyvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK3 km
- Pwllmeyricvillage in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom1.2 km
- Tutshillvillage in Gloucestershire, UK3.8 km