Places to see in ( Monmouth - UK )

Places to see in ( Monmouth - UK ) Monmouth is the historic county town of Monmouthshire, Wales. Monmouth is situated where the River Monnow meets the River Wye, within 2 miles of the border with England. The town of Monmouth is 30 miles northeast of Cardiff, and 113 miles west of London. Monmouth was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and became established after the Normans built a castle here after 1067. Monmouth medieval stone gated bridge is the only one of its type remaining in Britain. The Monmouth castle later came into the possession of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it became the county town of Monmouthshire. Monmouth later became a tourist centre at the heart of the Wye Valley, as well as a market town. It now serves as a shopping and service centre, and as a focus of educational and cultural activities for its surrounding rural area. Monmouth is located in an area of Devonian old red sandstone, at the point where the River Wye is joined by its tributary, the River Monnow, and immediately north of the point at which the smaller River Trothy flows into the Wye from the west. Monmouth is located beside the A40 dual carriageway road that links the M4 motorway at Newport in South Wales with the M50 motorway at Ross-on-Wye; this connects in turn with the M5 motorway south of Worcester in the West Midlands. Monmouth has been without passenger rail services since January 1959 although goods trains ran until 1964. Monmouth's main railway station, known as Monmouth Troy, was a coal distribution depot and a base for heavy goods vehicles for many years after its closure as a part of the rail network, but the building has now been dismantled and re-erected at Winchcombe railway station on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The other station at Monmouth was Monmouth May Hill on the Ross and Monmouth Railway ( Monmouth - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Monmouth . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Monmouth - UK Join us for more :