Caldicot
Sign in to saveCaldicot () is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. The town is located between Chepstow and the city of Newport. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn Estuary. The population of the built-up area was around 11,000. It has a large school, Caldicot School, and is known for its medieval castle. The built-up area includes Portskewett. Caldicot had a population of 9,604 in 2011.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Cil-y-coed
- UK place.static_image_name
- Caldicot Cross.jpg
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Caldicot Cross in the town centre, a memorial to the deaths of local soldiers in World War I, World War II and other conflicts.
- UK place.official_name
- Caldicot
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Monmouthshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newport East
- UK place.post_town
- CALDICOT
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP26
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01291
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST475885
- UK place.population
- 9,813
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
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Caldicot () is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. The town is located between Chepstow and the city of Newport. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn Estuary. The population of the built-up area was around 11,000. It has a large school, Caldicot School, and is known for its medieval castle. The built-up area includes Portskewett. Caldicot had a population of 9,604 in 2011.
==History== There was considerable activity in the area during the Bronze Age. Excavations near the Nedern Brook beside the castle revealed a plank from a boat and complex wooden structures in the former river bed. The boat probably traded across the Severn with the farmers and traders of Somerset. Later, in Roman times, it is likely that trading vessels sailed up the Nedern Brook to Caerwent. The discovery of kilns also shows that coarse pottery was produced in the village during Roman times.