Charston Sands

Charston Sands is in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, Wales. Charston Sands is situated nearby to the village Sudbrook, as well as near Portskewett.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prince of Wales Bridge and Severn Bridge.

Prince of Wales Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Prince of Wales Bridge, previously the Second Severn Crossing until July 2018, is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between England and Wales, opened in 1996 to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built in 1966. Prince of Wales Bridge is situated 1¼ miles south of Charston Sands.

Severn Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Sam, Public domain.

The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the River Severn between South Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in South East Wales. Severn Bridge is situated 2½ miles northeast of Charston Sands.

Caldicot Castle

Castle

Photo: Nick, CC BY 2.0.

Caldicot Castle is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100. Caldicot Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Charston Sands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sudbrook and Portskewett.

Sudbrook

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sudbrook is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 4 miles south west of Chepstow and 1 mile east of Caldicot. It lies close to the Second Severn Crossing on the Severn Estuary, and adjoins the village of Portskewett.

Portskewett

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portskewett is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located four miles south west of Chepstow and one mile east of Caldicot, in an archaeologically sensitive part of the Caldicot Levels on the Welsh shore of the Severn Estuary. Portskewett is situated 1½ miles west of Charston Sands.

New Passage

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New Passage is a hamlet in the civil parish of Pilning and Severn Beach, in the South Gloucestershire, district, in Gloucestershire, England, on the banks of the Severn estuary near the village of Pilning. New Passage is situated 2 miles southeast of Charston Sands.

Charston Sands

Type: Sand
Category: landform
Location: Portskewett, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.59342° or 51° 35′ 36″ north

Longitude

-2.6882° or 2° 41′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C3VH8V6+9P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 543786110

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=sand

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Highlights include Sudbrook Solar Farm and Sudbrook Pump House.

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