Longtown
Longtown is a linear village and parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Clodock and had a population in mid-2010 of 543, increasing to 620 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 2,060 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Longtown, Herefordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Crown Inn and Llanthony Priory.
Llanthony Priory
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Llanthony Priory is situated 2 miles west of Longtown.
Hatterrall Hill
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hatterrall Hill is a rounded peak in the Black Mountains which sits on the Wales-England border, partly in Monmouthshire, Wales and partly in Herefordshire, England. Hatterrall Hill is situated 2½ miles south of Longtown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clodock and Llanthony.
Clodock
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clodock is a village in the west of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Monnow in the foothills of the Black Mountains, close to the border with Wales.
Llanthony
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom. Llanthony is situated 2½ miles southwest of Longtown.
Llancillo
Village
Llancillo is a civil parish in south-west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 13 miles south-west from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish borders Wales at the south in which is the nearest town, Abergavenny, 7 miles to the south-southwest. Llancillo is situated 3 miles southeast of Longtown.
Longtown
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Longtown, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.95666° or 51° 57′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.98836° or 2° 59′ 18″ westPopulation
2,060Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GTWOpen location code
9C3VX246+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 29429428OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Longtown” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Longtown”
- Dutch: “Longtown”
- French: “Longtown”
- Irish: “Longtown”
- Ladin: “Longtown (Herefordshire)”
- Ladin: “Longtown”
- Polish: “Longtown”
- Swedish: “Longtown, Herefordshire”
- Swedish: “Longtown”
- Turkish: “Longtown, Herefordshire”
- Welsh: “Longtown, Swydd Henffordd”
- Welsh: “Longtown”
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Highlights include Longtown Village Green and Longtown Castle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Longtown”. Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.