Drybridge Park
Drybridge Park is a park in Monmouth, Wales. Drybridge Park is situated nearby to Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility, as well as near the pitch Skate Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monnow Bridge and Drybridge House.
Monnow Bridge
Photo: Bob Crowther, CC BY 2.0.
Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. Monnow Bridge is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Drybridge Park.
Drybridge House
Community center
Photo: KJP1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drybridge House is a large 17th-century Grade II* listed building in Monmouth, south east Wales. It is located to the southwest of the town at one end of Drybridge Street, close to the “dry bridge” over a small stream, which is now buried beneath a nearby roundabout. Drybridge House is situated 800 feet southeast of Drybridge Park.
Monmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales. Monmouth Castle is situated 2,000 feet east of Drybridge Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Overmonnow and Osbaston.
Overmonnow
Suburb
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overmonnow is a suburb of the town of Monmouth, in Wales, which is located to the west of the River Monnow and the Monnow Bridge. It developed in the Middle Ages, when it was protected by a defensive ditch, the Clawdd-du or "Black Dyke", the remains of which are now protected as an ancient monument.
Osbaston
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Osbaston is a suburb of Monmouth, Wales, located less than 1 mile north of the town centre. It was the site of one of the first public electricity generating stations in Britain, using water power from the River Monnow.
Dixton
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dixton is a small village located 1 mile north east of Monmouth, on the banks of the River Wye, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The parish originally comprised the two manors of Dixton Newton and Dixton Hadnock, on either side of the river.
Drybridge Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.8112° or 51° 48′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.72546° or 2° 43′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C3VR76F+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 1306327301OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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