Usk
Usk is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, 10 miles northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks the ancient crossing point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,630 residents
- Description: town in Monmouthshire, Wales
- Also known as: “Brynbuga”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Usk and Usk Library.
HM Prison Usk
Prison
Photo: Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Usk is a Category C men's prison, located in Maryport Street in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and jointly managed with the nearby HMP Prescoed.
Priory Church Of St Mary
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Priory Church of St Mary is the parish church of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. Its origin was as the church of Usk Priory, a Benedictine nunnery founded by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke in the twelfth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llancayo and Llanllowell.
Llancayo
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llancayo is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north of Usk on the B4598 road to Abergavenny, in the community of Llanarth.
Llanllowell
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanllowell is a village in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is two miles southeast of Usk, in the community of Llantrisant Fawr.
Monkswood
Village
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkswood is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. Monkswood is situated 2 miles northwest of Usk.
Usk
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7045° or 51° 42′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.9026° or 2° 54′ 10″ westPopulation
2,630Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB USKOpen location code
9C3VP33W+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29487826OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Usk” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Brynbuga”
- Basque: “Brynbuga”
- Basque: “Usk”
- Belarusian: “Аск”
- Breton: “Brynbuga”
- Bulgarian: “Ъск”
- Catalan: “Brynbuga”
- Catalan: “Usk”
- Cebuano: “Usk”
- Chinese: “阿斯克”
- Cornish: “Brynbuga”
- Czech: “Usk”
- Danish: “Usk”
- Dutch: “Usk”
- Esperanto: “Usk”
- French: “Usk”
- Galician: “Brynbuga”
- Georgian: “ასკი”
- German: “Usk”
- Greek: “Ουσκ”
- Hebrew: “אוסק”
- Indonesian: “Usk”
- Irish: “Brynbuga”
- Italian: “Usk”
- Japanese: “アースク”
- Korean: “어스크”
- Latin: “Castrum Oscae”
- Latvian: “Aska (pilsēta)”
- Latvian: “Aska”
- Livvi: “Brynbuga”
- Maltese: “Brynbuga”
- Maltese: “Usk”
- Northern Frisian: “Usk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Usk”
- Norwegian: “Usk”
- Persian: “آسک، ولز”
- Persian: “آسک”
- Polish: “Usk”
- Portuguese: “Usk”
- Russian: “Аск”
- Scots: “Brynbuga”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Brynbuga”
- Slovenian: “Usk”
- Spanish: “Usk”
- Swedish: “Usk”
- Turkish: “Usk”
- Urdu: “یوسک”
- Vietnamese: “Brynbuga”
- Vietnamese: “Usk”
- Welsh: “Brynbuga”
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