Shirenewton
Shirenewton is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 3 miles due west of Chepstow, 5 miles by road. The village stands around 500 feet above sea level, and has extensive views of the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel.Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,120 residents
- Description: village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tredegar Arms and Caer-went Roman Town.
Caer-went Roman Town
Archaeological site
Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Venta Silurum was a town in Roman Britain. The name Venta Silurum means "the town of the Silurēs", with the Silurēs being a powerful and warlike tribe. Caer-went Roman Town is situated 2 miles south of Shirenewton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mynydd-bach and Llanvair Discoed.
Mynydd-bach
Village
Mynydd-bach is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is part of the community of Shirenewton, which shares its name with the village located to the south of Mynydd-bach.
Llanvair Discoed
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanvair Discoed is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, 6 miles west of Chepstow and 10 miles east of Newport. Llanvair Discoed is situated 2 miles west of Shirenewton.
Caerwent
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caerwent is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about 5 mi west of Chepstow and 11 mi east of Newport. It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic tribe of Silures. Caerwent is situated 2 miles south of Shirenewton.
Shirenewton
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.63872° or 51° 38′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.75326° or 2° 45′ 12″ westPopulation
1,120Elevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
9C3VJ6QW+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 21541150OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637939Wikidata ID
Q62427
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Shirenewton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shirenewton”
- Bavarian: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Bavarian: “Shirenewton”
- Breton: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Breton: “Shirenewton”
- Catalan: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Cebuano: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Cebuano: “Shirenewton”
- Chinese: “Shirenewton”
- Cornish: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Cornish: “Shirenewton”
- Dutch: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Dutch: “Shirenewton”
- Finnish: “Shirenewton”
- Finnish: “Trenewydd Gelli-farch”
- French: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- French: “Shirenewton”
- German: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- German: “Shirenewton”
- Irish: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Irish: “Shirenewton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shirenewton”
- Persian: “شیرنیوتون”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Shirenewton”
- Swedish: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Swedish: “Shirenewton”
- Vietnamese: “Shirenewton”
- Welsh: “Drenewydd Gelli-farch”
- Welsh: “Shirenewton”
- Welsh: “Trenewydd Gelli-farch”
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