Usk

Usk (Welsh: Brynbuga) is a town in Monmouthshire, South Wales located in the valley of the River Usk.

Get in

On the A472 to Pontypool just of the A449 Newport (Monmouthshire) - Raglan.
bus63 from Cwmbran and Chepstow.

Get around

See

Throughout the year Usk and the neighboring towns host popular events such as the Usk Show, The Abergavenny Food Festival, racing at Chepstow and the annual Brecon jazz festival.

🌍 Priory Gatehouse. surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 113 (updated Oct 2016)
🌍 Sessions House. Victorian courthouse (updated Oct 2016)

Do

Buy

Eat

🌍 Number 49, 49 Bridge St, ☎ +44 1291 671151. Cakes, coffee and tea. (updated Apr 2019)

Drink

For a small town with a population of just over two thousand people Usk has at least 10 pubs and bars.

Sleep

Yew Tree Barn Wales, Gwernesney, NP15 1DB, ☎ +44 1291 672951, e-mail: lindhe@tiscali.co.uk. Self catering 5 star (Visit Wales) holiday accommodation 3 miles (5km) outside Usk. A spacious modern barn conversion, it has panorama windows with beautiful views of its rural setting. Disabled facilities and pet friendly
🌍 The Glen Yr Afon House Hotel, Pontypool Road, ☎ +44 1291 672302. (updated Dec 2016)

Connect

Go next

Routes through Usk

Abergavenny/Monmouth ← Raglan ←

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→ Newport → Cardiff

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