Coordinates: | 51.7209°N -2.7093°W |
Country: | Wales |
Official Name: | Catbrook |
Static Image: | Former school building, Catbrook - geograph.org.uk - 1332331.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Old Catbrook schoolhouse |
Unitary Wales: | Monmouthshire |
Lieutenancy Wales: | Gwent |
Constituency Westminster: | Monmouth |
Post Town: | USK |
Postcode Area: | NP |
Os Grid Reference: | SO511027 |
Catbrook (Welsh: Catffrwd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.[1] The population in 2011 was 412.[2]
Catbrook is south of Monmouth and north west of Tintern. It is in the community of Trellech United, just under two miles south of Trellech village.
Catbrook is set high above Tintern Abbey and the Wye Valley AONB and overlooks the Forest of Dean across the river in Gloucestershire.
The Spice Girls' Melanie Chisholm moved to Catbrook in 2004.[3]
Catbrook & District Memorial Hall was originally an American World War I military hospital in London. The timber-framed building was transported to Catbrook and rebuilt. The building is still maintained by volunteers.[4]