Llangovan ( cy, Llangofan) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east

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, United Kingdom. It is located south west of Monmouth.

History and amenities

Llangovan is close to Monmouth, the county town and is set in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills beneath the

Trellech Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; cy, Tryleg) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Located south of Monmouth and north-north-west of Tintern, Trellech lies on a plateau above the Wye Valley on t ...

ridge. The Church of St Govan is a Grade II*

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. It is now closed and has a colony of bats. The churchyard contains an ornate

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stone cross which is a

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. At Llanwinney is the remains of a chapel which bears the inscription "Bethel Chapel Erected in 1841". Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the

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, is also a Grade II listed building. In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished.

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