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Rogiet

Rogiet is a small village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, between Caldicot and Magor, 8 miles (13 km) west of Chepstow and 11 miles (18 km) east of Newport, which covers an area of 847 hectares (3.27 mi2).

Rogiet
Rogiet · Dominic Nelson
The place

Rogiet is a small village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, between Caldicot and Magor, 8 miles (13 km) west of Chepstow and 11 miles (18 km) east of Newport, which covers an area of 847 hectares (3.27 mi2). It lies close to the M4 and M48 motorways, and the Second Severn Crossing. It is adjacent to the main railway line into South Wales, and has a railway station named Severn Tunnel Junction. Rogiet had a population of 1,813 in the 2011 census.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Rogiet

8 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
    Caldicot Castle

    Caldicot Castle is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100. The castle became a Grade I listed building on 10 June 1953.

    3.1 km · Grade I listed building in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary's Church

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

    2 km · church in Undy, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    500 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church Farm

    Church Farmhouse, Caldicot, Monmouthshire is a substantial grange building which was a working farmhouse before 1205. It is connected to both Llanthony Prima in Monmouthshire and Llanthony Secunda in Gloucester.

    2.8 km · building in Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Stephen and St Tathan (Tatheus)

    The Church of St Stephen and St Tathan, Caerwent, Monmouthshire, is a parish church with datable origins to the 13th century. It is believed to be one of the oldest Christian sites in the county, and possibly within Wales.

    2.7 km · church in Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Dewstow House

    Dewstow House, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales, is an early nineteenth century villa in a Neoclassical style. The house is notable as the site of "one of the strangest gardens in Wales." The building itself is plain; described by architectural writer John Newman as a "simple three-bay villa", it has extensive views over the Severn Estuary.

    1.5 km · grade II listed building in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    500 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Caldicot Castle

    Many events throughout the year, particularly over the Summer school holidays.

  2. 02
    Dewstow Grotto

    A bizarre underground grotto, set in landscaped gardens.

  3. 03
    Venta Silurum
  4. 04
    Victorian works for the Severn Railway Tunnel

    If you like Victorian history, or just a close-up view of the Second Severn Crossing, it's more interesting than it sounds.

From Wikivoyage: Rogiet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Caldicot and Wentloog Levels

    Number of waymarked walks in the alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the Severn Estuary.

From Wikivoyage: Rogiet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are multiple cafes, a Mediterranean restaurant and an Indian restaurant in the town centre, along with several public houses serving food, including The Castle Pub on the edge of the Castle Park. Several ore restaurants can be found in nearby Magor and the surrounding area. Fratellis,.

  1. 01
    Castle Inn

    64 Church Road,.

From Wikivoyage: Rogiet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Rogiet

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 23 km · Cardiff (CWL), 44 km · Birmingham (BHX), 120 km
Stations
Caldicot railway station, 1.9 km · Severn Tunnel Junction railway station, 900 m · Magor railway station, 3.3 km
  • Cardiff → Rogiet
    30 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £3.5–5
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Rogiet
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £14–18
  • London → Rogiet
    184 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £19–25
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rogiet

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Tintern, 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

    139 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    144 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

    501 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    506 km

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

Around it

Next door to Rogiet

Rogiet is 20 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Caldicottown and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK2.6 km
  • Caerwentvillage and community in Monmouthshire, Wales2.8 km
  • Venta Silurumtown in the Roman province of Britannia or Britain2.8 km
  • Magorlarge village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, UK3.2 km
  • Magor with Undycommunity in Monmouthshire, Wales3.3 km
  • Undyvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK2.2 km