Coed Morgan

King Henry VIII Grammar School 1542-1898

Abergavenny · 4.3 miles

Henry VIII founded the grammar school here. He gave the old parish church, St John's, to house the school and granted some of the taxes (the tithes) of the closed down priory to pay for it.

Periwig Makers

Abergavenny · 4.3 miles

In the 18th century most wealthy and professional men wore wigs. For a time, Abergavenny was known for its fashionable white periwigs made of goat hair, sometimes sold at 40 guineas each.

Skirrid Mountain Inn

Llanvihangel Crucorney · 5.6 miles

Claimed to be the oldest pub in Wales

Blaenafon War Memorial

Blaenavon · 6.8 miles

Locked for access

Monmouth Petanque Club terrain

Monmouth · 8.7 miles

Terrain, or playing area, for the game of petanque

Trellech Blast Furnace

Trellech · 9.3 miles

Remains of a blast furnace at which iron ore was smelted into pig iron. The furnace was blown by bellows, powered by a water-wheel fed by a stream running down the hillside.