Whether you live in the County or are just visiting, Monmouthshire has a wealth of wonderful attractions. including castles, museums, bowls, tennis and circuses.
The present county of Monmouthshire borders England to the east, the River Severn estuary to the south, the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, and Blaenau Gwent to the west, and the county of Powys to the north. The heart of the county is the plain of Gwent, in the basin of the River Usk, which adjoins the undulating coastal plain along the Severn estuary. To the east is the deeply incised valley of the River Wye and its flanking hill country. To the north the Monmothshire includes a section of the mountainous Brecon Beacons National Park. The present county of Monmouthshire lies entirely within the historic county of the same name, which also includes the county boroughs of Newport and Torfaen, most of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, and part of the county borough of Caerphilly.
The ruins of many of the small medieval castles belonging to the marcher lords still adorn the countryside, notably those at Raglan, Chepstow, and Caldicot. Monmouthshire's notable architecture also includes the ruined Cistercian abbey at Tintern and an Augustinian priory at Llanthony.
Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in south-east Wales. The current administrative area was created in 1996 and covers the eastern half of the traditional county.
The traditional county of Monmouthshire includes Newport, and borders Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Brecknockshire, and Glamorgan. The administrative county of Gwent, which existed from 1974 to 1996, covered this area almost exactly. The traditional county also includes the exclave of Welsh Bicknor, locally situate a short distance east of Monmouthshire's east border, sandwiched between the borders of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. For administrative purposes this has been part of Herefordshire since 1844.
Monmouthshire's Welsh status was ambiguous until 1974 when the area was specifically incorporated into Wales as part of a local government reform. Previously the legal formula had been to refer to 'Wales and Monmouthshire'. In popular usage it had been considered part of Wales for many centuries.
Cities and Towns in Monmouthshire Wales
Abergavenny, Caldicot, Chepstow,Monmouth, Usk.
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