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Llanfoist Wharf near Abergavenny

©RAY JONES

Dist:0.1km<br/>This was once the Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway.

©Gareth James

Dist:0.1km<br/>The hall was opened in May 2006. Road access is along a lane http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177816 from Merthyr Road (B4246).
Among a wide variety of regular activities in the hall are computer classes, Chinese painting, fitness classes and amateur radio club.
In the top left corner is the distinctive peak of the Sugar Loaf (598 metres or 1961 feet). http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1538717

©John Grayson

Dist:0.1km<br/>An unnamed lane leads north from Merthyr Road (B4246) towards the turning for the village hall. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177826
In the distance is the distinctive peak of the Sugar Loaf (598 metres or 1961 feet). http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1538717

©John Grayson

Dist:0.2km<br/>This footpath follows the old trackbed between Llanfoist and Govilon.

©Jeremy Bolwell

Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge used to form part of the Railway from Abergavenny to Brynmmawr. Work commenced on the railway in Abergavenny on the 18th June 1860, reaching Brynmawr on the 29th September 1862. Sadly, the last public service ran on Saturday June 4 1958, the very last train running was the 08.30 a.m. Abergavenny Junction to Merthyr station, hauled by an old GWR pannier tank steam train.
On Sunday 5 June 1958 a special train was laid on that summer evening, after dark, steaming uphill from Abergavenny to Merthyr to commemorate the closing of the line, the train driver was Mr. G.E. Lewis, his fireman Mr. D. Hinton and the train's guard was Mr. Hubert James, of Abergavenny.
Crowds gathered at viewpoints at the trackside along the entire route, with large crowds at Brynmawr station. The bridge now carries National cycle route number 46.

©RAY JONES

Dist:0.2km<br/>Home of the local football club. Nice view to the recently tonsured Little Skirrid / Ysgyrd Fach.

©Jeremy Bolwell

Dist:0.2km<br/>A well known local garden centre and nursery, a family run business for over 50 years to date.

©Jeremy Bolwell

Dist:0.2km<br/>This was once the Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway.

©Gareth James

Dist:0.2km<br/>The pitch, on the east side of the village hall, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2177826 is part of The Recreation Ground. Llanfoist AFC (Association Football Club) play their home games here. They are currently (season 2010-2011) in the Knauf Insulation Gwent Central League, Premier Division.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.2km<br/>The B4246 from Govilon approaches the NW edge of Llanfoist, a village adjacent to the SW edge of Abergavenny.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.2km<br/>A bridge across a lane from the B4246 (ahead) to a small row of houses http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2174774 formerly carried the Abergavenny to Brynmawr railway lines. The bridge and railbed are now part of a combined cycleway and footpath.

©John Grayson

Dist:0.2km<br/>A short row of houses is located between the B4246 and A465 (Heads of the Valleys Road). Access to the B4246 is along a lane that passes under a short former railway bridge. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2174788

©John Grayson

Dist:0.3km<br/>I believe that the horse with the 'dalmatian' markings may be a British spotted horse or pony, known (rather inaccurately I feel) as 'leopard-spotted', more precisely referred to as an Appaloosa horse and one of just 170 or so born every year in the UK, a genetic throwback to the markings which evolved as a natural camouflage for ponies roaming the heaths and forests of ancient Britain, and are included in several Stone Age cave paintings and on ancient historical manuscripts. During Roman times the horses were often traditionally presented to important officers as a sign of their power apparently.

©Jeremy Bolwell

Dist:0.3km<br/>The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal to the north of Llanfoist Wharf.

©Philip Halling

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