You may view the information for ALL the towns and villages
in Cardiff and South East Wales (the page may be very large)
or You can view your
preferred location from the list on the left.
The
administrative headquarters of Monmouthshire,
this was created as a ‘new’ town in 1949 to
provide employment for part of the South Wales
coalfield. It takes in a number of older
villages and is surrounded by hills that rise
to more than 1,000 feet. South of the town
stands a modern abbey on the site of a 12th
century predecessor.
