Govera Farm

Govera Farm is a farm in Goetre Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales. Govera Farm is situated nearby to Folly Tower, Pontypool, as well as near the suburb Penygarn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Folly Tower, Pontypool and Pontypool Park.

Folly Tower, Pontypool

Tower

Photo: Guto Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Folly Tower is a folly located within the grounds of a working farm, close to Pontypool Park, Torfaen, South Wales. It is a prominent local landmark above the A4042 Pontypool to Abergavenny road and overlooks Pontypool to the west and rural Monmouthshire to the east. Folly Tower, Pontypool is situated 1,300 feet west of Govera Farm.

Pontypool Park

Park

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pontypool Park is a 150-acre park in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales. The park was formerly the grounds of Pontypool House and was laid out in the closing years of the 17th century for John Hanbury, an ironmaster, who is closely associated with Japanware. Pontypool Park is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Govera Farm.

Shell Grotto

Archaeological site

Photo: Janice Lightly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Shell Grotto - - is a Grade II* listed late-18th-century stone built, cylindrical, slate roofed shell grotto decorated with shells and animal bones on the interior. Shell Grotto is situated 1 mile south of Govera Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penygarn and Trevethin.

Penygarn

Suburb

Penygarn is a village near Trevethin in Wales. Penygarn has its own nursery, infant school and junior school. Penygarn has its new housing accommodation, Penygarn heights, built upon the grounds of the old Trevethin community school which has since been demolished.

Trevethin

Suburb

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Trevethin or Trefethin is a suburb of Pontypool and a community in Torfaen, Wales. The community is coterminous with the electoral ward of Trevethin and Penygarn, which elects councillors to Torfaen County Borough Council.