Chepstow Cemetery (New)

Chepstow Cemetery (New) is a cemetery in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. Chepstow Cemetery (New) is situated near the recreation area Chepstow Athletic Club, as well as near Chepstow Tennis Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Chepstow Castle and Chepstow railway station.

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 mile north of Chepstow Cemetery (New).

Chepstow railway station

Railway station

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Chepstow railway station is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Chepstow Cemetery (New).

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 3,500 feet north of Chepstow Cemetery (New).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chepstow and Pwllmeyric.

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.

Pwllmeyric

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pwllmeyric is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales, located 1 mile south west of Chepstow, on the A48 road within the parish of Mathern. The name Pwllmeyric means, in Welsh, "Meurig's pool" and refers to the pwll or creek of the Severn estuary which, before it silted up, linked the village to the sea.

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.

Chepstow Cemetery (New)

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.63148° or 51° 37′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.67958° or 2° 40′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C3VJ8JC+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 123443669

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Chepstow Cemetery and Chepstow Athletic Club.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hardwick Village, after Chepstow Cemetery and Bulwark, before Brunel Road.

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