The Gallery on the Usk offers some of the finest creations in glass, ceramics and wood in classic and contemporary styles and forms. Most of the glass items are made within Britain’s famous glass region of Stourbridge. The ceramics originate...

St. Edmund’s Church is set in the delightful market town of Crickhowell, in the Usk Valley, Brecon Beacons National Park. The curch was built at the end of the 12th century and is cruciform in shape and surprisingly large. Two...

Tretower Castle is situated in the Usk valley threemiles outside Crickhowell. The remains include a motte and bailey castle with a later round tower and a restored courtyard house of 15th century date. The stone castle was built during the...

Abergavenny Castle was originally a timber building but was rebuilt during the 13th and 14th centuries in stone. Today visitors can wander freely around the impressive ruins of the castle which overlook the mountains that surround it lending it...

Capel-y-ffin (St.Mary’s Church) lies in the middle of the remote Vale of Ewyas about 10 miles south of Hay-on-Wye and about three miles north of the great priory of Llanthony in the Black Mountains. It is a chapel-of-ease to llanigan...

Narrowboat hire of diesel or electric boats is available at weekly or daily rates. Boats are each named after a Welsh castle, and all very warm, comfortable and fully equipped to provide a calm, independent holiday on the Monmouth-Brecon Canal....

The Gospel Pass has been an important pass through the Vale of Erywas since the time of Iron Age Man.There are many stories about how it came to have this name and all point to the rich religious nature of...

Llanthony Priory, an extensive monastic ruin, stands in the Black Mountains, eleven miles from Abergavenny. This remarkable old Priory is only accessible by a single narrow lane that runs from Llanvihangel Crucorney over Hay Bluff to Hay-on-Wye. It was built...

Longtown Castle stands on the Welsh border at the base of the Black Mountains.It was established in the 12th century by a local Baron, William de Lacy. It is a very peaceful place today surrounded by quiet rural landscapes and...

This amazing church has a tower which leans at an angle greater than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, caused by subsidence in the surrounding area. It is situated on the edge of the village of Cwmyoy, in the valley of...

There has been a church on the site of the present building since the 11th Century although most of the present structure dates back to the 14th Century. It is in possession of many sculptures and monuments and its...

St. David’s Church stands almost in the shadow of the great priory of Llanthony which lies in the remote Vale of Ewyas, eight miles north of Abergavenny. St. David built a chapel here in the 6th Century which was found...

The Black Mountains are the most easterly of the Brecon Beacons. They are a protected wildlife site and home to many rare plants and animals including the red grouse. Generations of hill farmers have grazed the hardy brown shaggy cattle,...