Llangua
Llangua is a small village in Grosmont community, Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. Saint Ciwa is said to have built a church there in the 7th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Llangiwa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St James’s Church and Grosmont Castle.
St James’s Church
Church
Photo: Ceratostigma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St James is a former parish church at Llangua in the north-east of Monmouthshire. Although in Wales, the church is in the Church of England rather than the Church in Wales, being part of the parish of Kentchurch in the Diocese of Hereford.
Grosmont Castle
Castle
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, 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.
Church of St Nicholas, Grosmont
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Nicholas in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church dating from the 13th century. Its exceptional size reflects the importance and standing of the borough of Grosmont at the time of the church's construction and has led it to be called a "miniature cathedral".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosmont and Pontrilas.
Grosmont
Village
Photo: Sapamm, Public domain.
Grosmont is a village and community near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales. The population taken at the 2021 census was 869. The wider community includes the villages of Llangattock Lingoed, Llangua and Llanvetherine.
Pontrilas
Village
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales. It is in the parish of Kentchurch and lies midway between Hereford and Abergavenny.
Rowlestone
Village
Rowlestone is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England. It is a rural area with agriculture the main source of employment, and had only 87 residents in 2004, increasing to 180 at the 2011 Census.
Llangua
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.92729° or 51° 55′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.88655° or 2° 53′ 12″ westElevation
341 feet (104 metres)Open location code
9C3VW4G7+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 7649176709OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llangua” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llangua”
- Breton: “Llangiwa”
- Dutch: “Llangua”
- French: “Llangua”
- Irish: “Llangiwa”
- Japanese: “スランギア”
- Welsh: “Llangiwa”
- Welsh: “Llangua”
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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 “Llangua”. Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.