New Bridge, Usk

Name: New Bridge
Address: Tyr Gwent, Raglan, Llanarth, Usk NP15 1LY, Usk, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1633 451000

#6 among attractions in Usk

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Facts and practical information

New Bridge crosses the River Usk at Newbridge-on-Usk between Usk and Caerleon. The bridge carries the B4236. It was constructed in 1779, probably by William Edwards, a prominent civil engineer of Pontypridd, or by a member of his bridge-building dynasty. The bridge has Grade II* listed building status. ()

Coordinates: 51°38'54"N, 2°53'27"W

Address

Tyr Gwent, Raglan, Llanarth, Usk NP15 1LYUsk United Kingdom

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+44 1633 451000

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Day trips

New Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llanwern Golf Club, Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths, National Roman Legion Museum, Penhow Castle.

4.4 miS
Golf
Llanwern Golf Club, Newport
112 min walk • Llanwern Golf Club is a golf club based just outside Llanwern at Newport, Wales. It is an 18-hole parkland course and is reputedly one of the oldest in South Wales. In 2010 the club based PGA professional Leanne Cooper was named the Ladies European Tour-sponsored PGA female assistant of the year. This club has a "members only" policy.
3.8 miSW
Museum, Archaeological museum, Historical place
Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths, Newport
97 min walk • The Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths museum is a historical site located in the town of Caerleon, South Wales. Near to the city of Newport, it is run by the Welsh historic environment service Cadw.
3.8 miSW
Museum, Archaeological museum, Specialty museum
National Roman Legion Museum, Newport
98 min walk • The National Roman Legion Museum is a museum in Caerleon, near Newport, south-east Wales. It is one of three Roman sites in Caerleon, along with the Baths museum and the open-air ruins of the amphitheatre and barracks.
3.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Penhow Castle, Newport
88 min walk • Penhow Castle, Penhow, Newport dates from the early 12th century. Extended and reconstructed in almost every century since, it has been claimed to be the oldest continuously-inhabited castle in Wales. The castle is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gray Hill
82 min walk • Gray Hill is a hill immediately to the north of the village of Llanvair Discoed, Monmouthshire, South Wales, rising to 896 feet above sea level.
3.8 miSW
Church
St Cadoc's Church, Newport
97 min walk • St Cadoc's Church is a Church in Wales church located in Caerleon, Newport, Wales and is Grade II* listed. It is one of many buildings associated with the travels of St Cadoc. Caerleon is the historically important site of the Roman legionary fortress of Isca Augusta.
4.7 miW
Monastery
Llantarnam Abbey
119 min walk • Llantarnam Abbey is a Grade II*-listed abbey of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy and a former Cistercian monastery located in Llantarnam, Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.
3.7 miN
Bridge
Usk Bridge, Usk
96 min walk • The Usk Bridge, Usk, Monmouthshire, carries the A472 over the River Usk. It is the town's oldest crossing of the river and is a Grade II* listed structure.
3.8 miSW
Nightlife
Hanbury Arms, Newport
97 min walk • The Hanbury Arms is a Grade II listed public house on Caerleon High Street, near Newport, Wales. The historical significance of the Hanbury Arms is that it is famous for being visited frequently by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1856, where he began writing Idylls of the King from the building, with its riverside views.
3.7 miN
Church
St David's Church
96 min walk • St David's Church, Llangeview, is a redundant church sited in a round churchyard adjacent to the junction of the A449 and A472 roads 1 mile to the east of the town of Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales.
3.3 miN
Church
Church of St Madoc, Usk
85 min walk • The Church of St Madoc, Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. A Grade II* listed building, the church remains an active parish church.