Location
Location Summary
The village of Llanellen is enviably located amidst the picturesque landscape of Monmouthshire within the beautiful Vale of Usk, close to the Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal and the River Usk which flows under the Grade II listed Llanellen Bridge. The village has a community village hall and children’s playing field with play equipment and is served by a local bus which provides a link to Abergavenny which has schools for all ages. For private schooling, there are private facilities in Monmouth, Brecon, and Chepstow. For further distance bus services, a bus service on the A4042 links Llanellen to Cwmbran.Nearby are the majestic mountain ranges of the Brecon Beacons - Bannau Brycheiniog. The Black Mountains are part of this designated National Park that boasts a varied and excellent range of outdoor pursuits including walking, hiking, fishing, sailing, cycling, pony trekking, hang-gliding and para gliding.
The market town of Abergavenny offers the best of both worlds with magnificent scenery and a delightful rural environment combined with excellent road communications and a mainline railway station which make it very accessible and within commuting distance of many major cities. The village of Llanellen lies only a short distance from the A40 and A465 link roads which in turn provide excellent road access to the motorway network of the M4 and M5. Abergavenny railway station has regular services into central London and Bristol via Newport and the north to Manchester, whilst road links at the Hardwick roundabout give easy access to the motorway for Bristol, Birmingham, the Southwest and London and “A” roads for Monmouth, Hereford, Cwmbran, and Cardiff.
The town boasts a comprehensive range of shopping and leisure facilities, including a wide selection of boutique style shops, grocery and newsagent stores, supermarkets, and many well-known high street shops. Abergavenny also hosts
a market several times a week and the town enjoys its own cinema and leisure centre as well as several restaurants for evening entertainment. There is a golf course, cricket club, tennis club, bowls, and public leisure centre with swimming pool.