Chepstow Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Chepstow Welsh: Cas-gwent
Chepstow Castle and bridge.
Chepstow
Population	14,195
OS grid reference	ST535935
Principal area	Monmouthshire
Ceremonial county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHEPSTOW
Postcode district	NP16
Dialling code	01291

Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh

EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Monmouth
List of places UK Wales Monmouthshire

Chepstow (Welsh: Cas-gwent) is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is next to the border with England. It is built beside the River Wye, close to where it joins with the River Severn. It is near the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway. It is 16 mi (26 km) east of Newport and 124 mi (200 km) west of London.

Chepstow is famous for its castle, the oldest stone castle still standing in Britain, and for Chepstow Racecourse which is home to the Welsh Grand National. The town is on the west bank of the Wye; villages on the east bank of the Wye, Tutshill and Sedbury, are in England.

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Norman doorway of St Mary's Priory Church
Chepstow Town Gate, originally dating from the late 13th century, rebuilt in the 16th century and later restored
View towards the site of the former National Shipyard No.1, in the area covered by the factory buildings and overgrown slipways in the centre of the photograph
Limestone cliffs seen from the riverside at Chepstow, showing Gloucester Hole, an enlarged natural opening
A map of the bedrock underlying Chepstow.
Two types of limestone exposed beside the A466 link road between Bulwark and the M48.
Chepstow High Street, showing festival bunting
The 1816 Old Wye Bridge
The Bridge and Castle at Chepstow at the end of the 18th century
Horse racing at Chepstow racecourse
Path beside the river, near the start/finish of the Wales Coast Path
Chepstow Museum, in Gwy House, built 1796
Chepstow bridge by Paul Sandby, b&w aquatint 1786
Chepstow Castle; engraving by R. Taylor, ca 1850
Chepstow bridge and castle by George Rowe, c. 1850
Remains of Neolithic chambered tomb at Thornwell
The castle, pictured from the footpath through the Dell, part of the Wye Valley Walk
The Great Tower of the castle, above the Wye
Twelfth-century wooden door at the castle
The castle and Riverside gardens
Decorative ironwork on the Wye bridge
Part of the Port Wall
St Mary's Priory Church
The town centre and war memorial
Continental market in the High Street
Hocker Hill Street, an old cobbled street in the town centre
Houses in Hardwick Garden City
The start (and finish) point of the Wales Coast Path at Chepstow

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