Great Barnets Wood

Places of Interest

Chepstow Castle

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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 railway station

Railway station

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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 Town Gate

City gate

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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.

Places in the Area

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.

Caldicot

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Caldicot is a small town in Monmouthshire. It is a pleasant small town with several local historic attractions. This Welsh border town is home to a significant, complete castle and country park with free access to the public, a large Roman villa with remains of municipal buildings and a temple in Caerwent.

Tintern

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Tintern is situated just inside South Wales in the beautiful Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, six miles north of Chepstow on the A466 road to Monmouth.

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