Abergavenny
Abergavenny (Welsh: Y Fenni) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. As of 2011, Avergavenny had a population of 12,515. The town is promoted as The Gateway to Wales.[1]
| Abergavenny | |
| Welsh: Y Fenni | |
 Abergavenny Museum |
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| Population | 12,515 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SO295145 |
| Principal area | Monmouthshire |
| Ceremonial county | Gwent |
| Region | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ABERGAVENNY |
| Postcode district | NP7 |
| Dialling code | 01873 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Monmouth |
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Transport
Abergavenny railway station is a train station on the Welsh Marches line. Passengers at the station can board direct trains to places such as Hereford, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Chester, Wrexham, Holyhead, Cardiff, Swansea and Carmarthen.
Gallery
Abergavenny Market Hall clock tower
St Mary's Priory Church
Part of Abergavenny seen from the castle ruins
Abergavenny Media
St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny Pictured here in early morning spring sunshine St Mary's Priory Church in Abergavenny was originally a Benedictine priory founded in the late 11th century by Hamelin de Ballon, Lord of Abergavenny. During the Dissolution of the monasteries the people of Abergavenny gained control of the church.
Abergavenny and Ysgyryd Fawr at right in the 1890s
Abergavenny Boys National School (1865)
Church of the Holy Trinity
Abergavenny Market Hall in 2009
Abergavenny from the Monmouthshire Canal with the Skirrid in the centre with its characteristic notched outline (2014)
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References
- ↑ "Visit Abergavenny – The Gateway to Wales". Visit Abergavenny. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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