Location
Location Summary
Winner of the Best High Street in Britain in the first Great British High Street Awards, Crickhowell is a vibrant and historical small town, set in stunning Bannau Brycheiniog - Brecon Beacons National Park scenery on the River Usk, popular with walkers and cyclists and a sought after area for home relocation, tourism and visitors.The town is renowned for its independent businesses including a PT/Gym studio, Yoga studio, grocery stores, butcher, delicatessen, bakery, hardware store, zero waste shop, newsagent/post office, individual boutiques, optician, coffee shops, book shop with visiting authors, tourist information centre, library, tennis courts and cricket pitch.
Crickhowell also has dentist surgeries, a health centre, petrol station, pubs, gastro pubs, restaurants and hotels -including The Bear, open since 1432 - local community halls and a church. The area is well served by favoured schools for all ages and is very popular with young families as well as as having an active senior community with many societies, clubs, choir, and a thriving U3A.
For more shopping, supermarkets and leisure, the vibrant market town of Abergavenny is just 6 miles away. The town’s railway station has regular services into central London via Newport, with good road links giving access to the motorway for Bristol, Bristol Airport, Bath, Birmingham, the South West and London and “A” routes for Monmouth, Hereford, and Cardiff.