Abergavenny
Sign in to saveAbergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the border with England (Herefordshire) and is located where the A40 trunk road and the recently upgraded A465 Heads of the Valleys road meet.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Abergavenny
- UK place.welsh_name
- Y Fenni
- UK place.community_wales
- Abergavenny
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Monmouthshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Monmouthshire
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Monmouth
- UK place.post_town
- ABERGAVENNY
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01873
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO295145
- UK place.population
- 13695
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Abergavenny.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The clock tower of Abergavenny Town Hall, Cross Street
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
29 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Roman period
- 11th century
- 12th and 13th centuries
- 15th to 17th centuries
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Baron of Abergavenny
- Events
- Welsh language
- Sport
- Cattle market
- Culture
- Cultural history
- In popular culture
- Transport
- Railway
- Roads
- Buses
- Notable buildings
- Parks and gardens
- Twinning
- Military
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the border with England (Herefordshire) and is located where the A40 trunk road and the recently upgraded A465 Heads of the Valleys road meet.
Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches. The town contains the remains of a medieval stone castle built soon after the Norman conquest of Wales.