Llanover
Llanover (Welsh: Llanofer) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,392.[1]
Location
Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool.
Governance
An electoral ward exists in the same name. This ward includes the parish of Llanarth. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,284.[2]
History & Amenities
Llanover is associated with Lady Llanover who lived locally all her life and certainly left her mark on the village and the surrounding Llanover estate, still privately owned today. Her husband Sir Benjamin Hall became Baron Llanover.
The village church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew and is a grade II* listed building.[3]
The River Usk flows close by, and to the west lies the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, a scenic recreational boating route.
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