Llanvetherine
Llanvetherine is a village in the community of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located five miles north east of Abergavenny on the B4521 road to Ross-on-Wye. The name comes from the Welsh Saint Gwytherin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Monmouthshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Llanvetherin” and “Llanwytherin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include White Castle and Skirrid Fawr.
White Castle
Castle
White Castle, also known historically as Llantilio Castle, is a ruined castle near the village of Llantilio Crossenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford.
Skirrid Fawr
Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skirrid Fawr, often referred to as just the Skirrid, is a traditional Christian pilgrimage site and an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales. Skirrid Fawr is situated 2½ miles west of Llanvetherine.
St Cadoc’s Church, Llangattock Lingoed
Church
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Cadoc, is the parish church of Llangattock Lingoed, Monmouthshire, Wales and sits in the centre of the village. It is in the Perpendicular style and is a Grade I listed building as of 1 September 1956. St Cadoc’s Church, Llangattock Lingoed is situated 2 miles north of Llanvetherine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanddewi Skirrid and Llangattock Lingoed.
Llanddewi Skirrid
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanddewi Skirrid is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Llanddewi Skirrid is situated 1½ miles west of Llanvetherine.
Llangattock Lingoed
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangattock Lingoed is a small rural village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located approximately five miles north of Abergavenny, between Abergavenny and Grosmont, a few miles south of the Wales-England border.The village is near the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park. Llangattock Lingoed is situated 2 miles north of Llanvetherine.
Llanvapley
Village
Photo: Les Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanvapley is a village in the community of Gobion Fawr, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Llan has replaced the Eglwys. This village lies 4 miles north east of 2023’s Best Places to Live listed town, Abergavenny. Llanvapley is situated 2 miles south of Llanvetherine.
Llanvetherine
- Categories: parish, hamlet, and locality
- Location: Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.85038° or 51° 51′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.91946° or 2° 55′ 10″ westElevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
9C3VV32J+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 29428608OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llanvetherine” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llanvetherine”
- Breton: “Llanwytherin”
- Dutch: “Llanvetherine”
- Dutch: “Llanwytherin”
- French: “Llanvetherine”
- Irish: “Llanwytherin”
- Welsh: “Llanwytherin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint James the Elder and Church Cottage Caravan Park.
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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 “Llanvetherine”. Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.