Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Monmouth, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 2.2 km
Ascend 23 m
Descend 24 m

Explore Monmouth in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Monmouth

Sight 1: Chippenham Park

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Chippenham ParkKaren Roe from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, United Kingdom / CC BY 2.0

Chippenham Park is a country house in Chippenham, Cambridgeshire.

Wikipedia: Chippenham Park (EN)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: St Johns

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St John's is a grade II listed building in the town centre of Monmouth, Wales. It is located in Glendower Street within the medieval town walls. The house is most remarkable for the rear of the property which features a Coalbrookdale verandah and formal walled garden that have been separately grade II listed with the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The villa's garden is also registered with the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust.

Wikipedia: St John's, Monmouth (EN)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Nelson Rooms

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The Nelson Rooms is a grade II listed building in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is in the historic Glendower Street and Agincourt Street neighbourhood, within the medieval town walls. The building initially served as a gymnasium and was a gift from Lady Llangattock to the town of Monmouth. In 1924, after the benefactor's death, it reopened as the Nelson Museum, and showcased the collection of memorabilia related to Admiral Horatio Nelson that had been amassed by the baroness. The Nelson Museum moved to new quarters at the Market Hall in 1969. The former gymnasium and museum is now an apartment building.

Wikipedia: Nelson Rooms, Monmouth (EN)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Shire Hall Museum

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The Monmouth Museum, previously known as The Nelson Museum and Local History Centre, was a museum in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It featured a collection of artefacts associated with Admiral Horatio Nelson, and a local history collection. The museum was located in the Market Hall in the town centre. It was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and did not re-open thereafter. In 2021 Monmouthshire County Council announced plans to move the museum collection to the Shire Hall in Agincourt Square. The five-year project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will see a new museum open at the Shire Hall by 2027. The Market Hall site will be let as commercial premises.

Wikipedia: Monmouth Museum (EN), Website

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Charles Stewart Rolls

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A memorial statue to the aviation pioneer Charles Rolls stands in front of the Shire Hall in Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Wales. The 8 feet (2.4 m) high bronze statue was designed by Sir William Goscombe John, R.A. and Sir Aston Webb, R.A. designed the pink granite plinth. The statue is a Grade II* listed structure.

Wikipedia: Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth (EN)

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: The Punch House

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The Punch House is a public house and hotel located at Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Wales.

Wikipedia: Punch House, Monmouth (EN), Website

31 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Shire Hall

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The Shire Hall, Monmouth, Wales, is a prominent building on Agincourt Square in the town centre. It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions for Monmouthshire. The building was also used as a market place. In 1839–40, the court was the location of the trial of the Chartist leader John Frost and others for high treason for their part in the Newport Rising.

Wikipedia: Shire Hall, Monmouth (EN), Website

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Agincourt House

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Agincourt House, No. 1 Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales is a notable early seventeenth century half-timbered building.

Wikipedia: Agincourt House, Monmouth (EN), Website

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Savoy Theatre

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The Savoy Theatre, Church Street, Monmouth is a theatre and cinema, reputedly the oldest working theatre site in Wales. It has a capacity for 360 people and is run by a charitable trust. One of 24 buildings on the Monmouth Heritage Trail, the theatre is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Savoy Theatre, Monmouth (EN), Website

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Monmouth Methodist Church

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Monmouth Methodist Church is located in Monmouth, south east Wales. It is set well back from St James Street between buildings. Designed by George Vaughan Maddox and built in 1837, it retains its original galleries, organ loft and sophisticated pulpit.

Wikipedia: Monmouth Methodist Church (EN)

99 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

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St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in St Mary's Street near the centre of Monmouth, is the earliest post-Reformation Catholic public place of worship to be permitted in Wales. The church is a late Georgian Roman Catholic church with later Victorian additions by the Catholic convert architect Benjamin Bucknall. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building since 15 August 1974, and is one of 24 buildings on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

Wikipedia: St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Monmouth (EN)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: St Mary's Priory Church

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St Mary's Priory Church, in Whitecross Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, is an Anglican church founded as a Benedictine priory in 1075. The current church dates mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1952. It is one of 24 buildings on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

Wikipedia: St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth (EN)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Monmouth Castle & Regimental Museum

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The Monmouth Regimental Museum is located on Castle Hill in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales. The museum is in a wing of Great Castle House, a listed building on the Monmouth Heritage Trail. The focus of most of the museum's exhibits is the most senior regiment in the British Territorial Army, the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers. Great Castle House is home to the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, and the museum maintains the records of the regiment.

Wikipedia: Monmouth Regimental Museum (EN), Website

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: Monmouth Castle

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Monmouth Castle is a castle close to the centre of the town of Monmouth, the county town of Monmouthshire, on a hill above the River Monnow in south-east Wales.

Wikipedia: Monmouth Castle (EN)

604 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Monnow Gate

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Monnow Bridge, in Monmouth, Wales, is the only remaining fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower standing on the bridge. Such bridge towers were common across Europe from medieval times, but many were destroyed due to urban expansion, diminishing defensive requirements and the increasing demands of traffic and trade. The historical and architectural importance of the bridge and its rarity are reflected in its status as a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building. The bridge crosses the River Monnow 500 metres (1,600 ft) above its confluence with the River Wye.

Wikipedia: Monnow Bridge (EN)

66 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: The Cross

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The Cross is situated in St Thomas' Square, Overmonnow, Monmouth, Wales, in the middle of a roundabout opposite the Church of St Thomas the Martyr and the western end of the Monnow Bridge. Originally mediaeval, and also known as Overmonnow Cross, the cross was reconstructed in 1888 and has been classed as a Grade II listed structure since 15 August 1974.

Wikipedia: The Cross, Monmouth (EN)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Church of St Thomas the Martyr

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The Church of St Thomas the Martyr at Overmonnow, Monmouth, south east Wales, is located beside the medieval Monnow Bridge across the River Monnow. At least part of the building dates from around 1180, and it has a fine 12th-century Norman chancel arch, though the exterior was largely rebuilt in the early 19th century. It is one of 24 buildings on the Monmouth Heritage Trail and is a Grade II* listed building.

Wikipedia: Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Monmouth (EN)

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