Chepstow railway station
Chepstow railway station is a part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. Chepstow station is on the Gloucester to Newport Line, 141 miles 33 chains from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Chepstow Railway Station”, “Chepstow station”, and “CPW”
- Address: Station Road, Chepstow, NP16 5PD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chepstow Castle and Priory Church of St Mary, Chepstow.
Chepstow Castle
Photo: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern. Chepstow Castle is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Chepstow railway station.
Priory Church of St Mary, Chepstow
Church
Photo: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Parish and Priory Church of St Mary is located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Parts of the building, including its ornate west doorway, date from the late 11th century and are contemporary with the nearby Norman castle. Priory Church of St Mary, Chepstow is situated 1,000 feet north of Chepstow railway station.
Chepstow Town Gate
City gate
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Town Gate at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, known locally as the Town Arch, was historically the only landward entrance to the town through the Port Wall, and a point where tolls for those resorting to the town and its market were collected. Chepstow Town Gate is situated 1,300 feet west of Chepstow railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chepstow and Sedbury.
Chepstow
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Chepstow is an ancient market town and former port situated on the River Wye in South Wales a short distance upstream from where the Wye and Severn rivers merge.
Sedbury
Village
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbury is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the eastern bank of the River Wye, facing the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire.
Tutshill
Village
Photo: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tutshill is a village within the parish of Tidenham in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the eastern bank of the River Wye, which forms the boundary with Monmouthshire at this point and which separates the village from the town of Chepstow.
Chepstow railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.63997° or 51° 38′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.67109° or 2° 40′ 16″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Operator
Transport for Wales RailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“CPW”Open location code
9C3VJ8QH+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5904209646OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Chepstow railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Chepstow”
- Dutch: “Station Chepstow”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة تشيپستو”
- French: “Chepstow”
- French: “gare de Chepstow”
- Japanese: “チェプストウ駅”
- Welsh: “Cas-gwent”
- Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Cas-gwent”
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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 “Chepstow railway station”. Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.