Llanover

Llanover

Llanover ( _cy. Llanofer) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

Location

Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool.

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. The village church [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/281572] is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The River Usk flows close by.

External links

* [http://www.llanover.com/ The Llanover Estate website]


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