| A warm welcome to you and thanks for visiting our
site. This is a personal appraisal of Monmouth Town.
Monmouth is situated at the top of the Wye Valley which contains the
world famous Tintern Abbey. It has three secondary schools - a
very successful comprehensive with approx. 1400 pupils and two
public schools - Haberdashers Monmouth Boys and Haberdashers
Monmouth Girls, all situated within easy walking distance of the
town centre. The town itself has a range of places of worship - Roman
Catholic, Baptist and Methodist as well as the Parish Church -
Church in Wales. The Bishop of Monmouth, who doesn't live in
Monmouth, also happens to be the Archbishop of Wales -the Most
Revd. Dr Rowan Williams; his Cathedral is called St Woolas and is in
Newport ( approx. 20 miles distant).
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There are two well equipped leisure centres open to the public,
complete with swimming pools and fitness suites - one based in
Monmouth Boys school and the other in Monmouth Comprehensive school.
There is a private fitness centre in Church Street.
There are six inns in the main street of the town which includes
Weatherspoons, and several more within easy walking distance.
There is only one hotel in the town centre offering 14 rooms but
some others are nearby and there are a lot of B&B.
More information can be obtained through the Tourist Centre to be
found underneath the arches in the town square. The square
features the statue of Charles Rolls of Rolls Royce fame and Henry V
who was born in Monmouth Castle. Castle house is now the
headquarters of the Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers and they have a
museum open to the public. The Nelson Museum is found in the
post office complex and features many items of Lord Nelson who is
reputed to have visited Monmouth and taken tea at the Kymin - a
roundhouse at the top of the nearby Kymin mountain overlooking
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| The town has a range of shops including Waitrose, Somerfield,
Dixons, Boots, Dorothy Perkins and the National Trust. Most of
the shops are small interesting and in private hands. One end of the
town features the only Mediaeval Bridge in Great Britain and there
are plans to put another bridge nearby. There are local bus and taxi services.
Cardiff, Newport, Hereford, Gloucester
and Bristol are all within 40 miles of
Monmouth. The nearest rail link being approx.20 miles away at either Newport, Abergavenny or
Hereford.
There are two very good golf courses nearby
and even more within 10 miles. Monmouth features many
clubs and societies and has a strong musical tradition with
Monmouth Choral Society and the Monmouth Festival attracting
people from a very wide area. U3A has over 100
members. The town also has an annual Agricultural show
which is perhaps one of the largest one day event in the country.
Canoeing on the river is a very popular pastime and many
people belong to Monmouth Rowing Club. |
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Monmouth is a very nice place to live in. It is a
bordertown with very few of the problems that one reads about in the
papers. House prices are reasonable- probably starting at
around £60,000 for a 3 bedroom semi through to approx. £300.000
for much larger properties. Within 10 minutes walking distance
in any direction is countryside open to the public with many
footpath and one or two Vineyards, other interesting churches
and hostelries. Just outside Monmouth there are amazingly two
famous recording studios- Rockfield and Nimbus, and their visitors
welcome the privacy that Monmouth gives them.
Should you visit Monmouth in the future we would be very pleased
to welcome you at St Mary's Church - the one with the spire.
It is open every day with Sunday services being at 8.00am :
10.00am : 11.30am and 6.00pm - Choral Evensong on the
last Sunday of every month. |
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