Monmouth

Worth seeing in and around Monmouth

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
   Monmouth Castle

   Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Once an important border castle, and birthplace of Henry V of England, it stood until the English Civil War when it was damaged and changed hands three times before being slighted to prevent it being fortified again.

   400 m · 11th-century castle in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Monnow Bridge

   Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade.

   100 m · Bridge in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Shire Hall

   The Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, is a prominent building on Agincourt Square in the town centre. It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the assize courts and quarter sessions for Monmouthshire.

   400 m · Grade I listed building in Monmouth. Courthouse · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Thomas's Church

   The Church of St Thomas the Martyr at Overmonnow, Monmouth, south east Wales, is located beside the medieval Monnow Bridge across the River Monnow. At least part of the building dates from around 1180, and it has a fine 12th-century Norman chancel arch, though the exterior was largely rebuilt in the early 19th century.

   200 m · church in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Monmouth Priory

   Monmouth Priory, in Priory Street, Monmouth, Wales, is a building that incorporates the remains of the monastic buildings attached to St Mary's Priory Church. The priory was a Benedictine foundation of 1075, and parts of the mediaeval buildings remain.

   600 m · Grade II* listed building in Monmouth. Building in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Mary's Priory Church

   St Mary's Priory Church, in Whitecross Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, is an Anglican church founded as a Benedictine priory in 1075. The current church dates mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries.

   500 m · church in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wye Valley

   The Wye Valley is a valley in Wales and England. The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom.

   4.6 km · National Landscape and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales and England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Blestium

   Blestium ) was a small fort and iron working centre in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, part of Roman Britain. It has been identified with the site of the later town of Monmouth in south east Wales, located adjoining the confluence of the River Monnow with the River Wye.

   200 m · archaeological site in Monmouth, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Beaufort Arms Hotel

   The Beaufort Arms Hotel, in Agincourt Square in the town of Monmouth, south-east Wales is a former coaching inn dating from the early eighteenth century. The frontage was modified in the 1830s, possibly by the prolific early Victorian architect George Vaughan Maddox.

   400 m · Grade II* listed building in Monmouth. Building in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

    St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in St Mary's Street near the centre of Monmouth, is the earliest post-Reformation Catholic public place of worship to be permitted in Wales. The church is a late Georgian Roman Catholic church with later Victorian additions by the Catholic convert architect Benjamin Bucknall.

    600 m · church in Monmouth, Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Monmouth

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 48 km · Cardiff (CWL), 63 km · Birmingham (BHX), 98 km

Stations

Monmouth Mayhill railway station, 900 m · Monmouth Troy railway station, 900 m

• Bristol → Monmouth

  41 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–6
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  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–7
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  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–14
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