Upper Crwys

Upper Crwys is a farm in Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire, Wales. Upper Crwys is situated nearby to the peak Great Crwys, as well as near the hamlet Newcastle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hilston Park and Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel.

Hilston Park

Historic building

Photo: Mike Hallett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hilston Park is a country house and estate between the villages of Newcastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with Herefordshire, England. Hilston Park is situated 2 miles north of Upper Crwys.

Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel

Church

Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Maughan in St. Maughans, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a parish church with its origins in the 13th or 14th century. It was reconstructed in the mid 19th century by John Pollard Seddon for John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre in 1865. Church of St Maughan, Llangattock Vibon Avel is situated 1½ miles northeast of Upper Crwys.

The Hendre

Building

Photo: KJP1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Hendre, in Rockfield, is the only full-scale Victorian country house in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales. The ancestral estate of the Rolls family, it was the childhood home of Charles Rolls, the motoring and aviation pioneer and the co-founder of Rolls-Royce. The Hendre is situated 1½ miles southeast of Upper Crwys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern.

Newcastle

Hamlet

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newcastle is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located in quiet rolling countryside 6 miles north west of Monmouth and 9 miles east of Abergavenny, on the B4347 road, within the community of Whitecastle.

Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern

Village

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern is a village in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located between Abergavenny and Monmouth and north of Raglan. The River Trothy passes close by.