Little Mill () is a village in

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, south east

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, United Kingdom, in the community and ward of

Goetre Fawr Goetre Fawr is a Community (Wales), community and electoral ward in Monmouthshire, Wales, a few miles south of the town of Abergavenny. According to the 2011 UK Census the population of the community and ward was 2,393. Community The communit ...

. It has a population of about 600.

Location

Little Mill is located three miles north east of

Pontypool Pontypool ( ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire in South Wales. , it has a population of 29,062. Locat ...

, and three miles west of Usk.

History and amenities

The village derives its name from a

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that was situated in the village, powered by the

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. It comprises mainly ribbon development along the

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. Today Little Mill is small and mostly contains Victorian cottages and villas and compact housing developments dating between the 1950s to the present. Half a mile north of the village is Ty Draw, a small residential community that was previously the local reformatory school for boys from 1859 until it closed in 1922. The village has minimal facilities, comprising a

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, an

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, and a village hall with which several community groups are affiliated. These act as meeting points for locals. The Newport to Hereford railway line runs along its western boundary and until the 1950s had its own station, Little Mill Junction, at the point where the Monmouth branch line joined the main line. Today the nearest stations are Pontypool and New Inn and Cwmbran railway station. The village is in the catchment area for several schools including Usk primary and Goytre Fawr primary schools as well as several

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s including Caerleon Comprehensive School and King Henry VIII Comprehensive School. Little Mill contains two parks which are known locally as the "pocket park" and "the big park". During 2013-14 a high-density

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was built at the village's eastern edge which involved the demolition of The Sawmill residence in Little Mill, and use of surrounding open areas.

References

External links

Photos of Little Mill and the surrounding area
Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub