Prescoed Prison
HM Prison Prescoed is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. Prescoed is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Prison
- Description: men’s prison in Monmouthshire, Wales
- Also known as: “HM Prison Prescoed”, “HMP Prescoed”, and “YOI Prescoed”
- Address: Prescoed Hill, Coed-y-Paen, Pontypool, NP4 0TB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Llangibby Castle and Christchurch (Coed-y-paen).
Llangibby Castle
Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregrug Castle or Llangibby Castle is a ruin in Monmouthshire, Wales, located about 1 mile to the north of the village of Llangybi, close to the settlement of Tregrug. Llangibby Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Prescoed Prison.
Christchurch (Coed-y-paen)
Church
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christchurch (Coed-y-paen) is situated 1 mile west of Prescoed Prison.
Llandegfedd Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegfedd Reservoir is a large 174 hectare water supply reservoir and is eight miles north of Newport in south Wales. The reservoir is very close to Pontypool, Cwmbran and Usk, with the boundary between Monmouthshire and Torfaen running through it along the former Sôr Brook.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coed-y-paen and Glascoed.
Coed-y-paen
Hamlet
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coed-y-paen is a village in South Wales, situated at the south-eastern end of Llandegfedd Reservoir, 2.5 miles north-west of Llangybi. HM Prison Prescoed, a Category D prison, is located nearby. The village has one public house, the Carpenters Arms.
Glascoed
Village
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glascoed is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is 3 miles east of Pontypool and 3 miles west of Usk. Glascoed is mostly associated with the Royal Ordnance Factory nearby at ROF Glascoed. Llandegveth Reservoir is nearby. Glascoed is situated 2 miles northwest of Prescoed Prison.
Llangybi
Village
Photo: George Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangybi is a village and community in Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles south of the town of Usk and 5 miles north of Caerleon, in the valley of the River Usk. Llangybi is situated 2 miles southeast of Prescoed Prison.
Prescoed Prison
- Categories: open prison and government building
- Location: Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.68616° or 51° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.94345° or 2° 56′ 36″ westOperator
HM Prison and Probation ServiceOpen location code
9C3VM3P4+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 96593324OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q5635249
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In Other Languages
“Prescoed Prison” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Carchar Prescoed EF”
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