Goytre, Monmouthshire Explained

Country:Wales
Official Name:Goytre
Static Image:Goytre Village Hall & Social Club - geograph-6139878-by-Jaggery.jpg
Static Image Caption:Goytre Village Hall & Social Club
Unitary Wales:Monmouthshire
Lieutenancy Wales:Gwent
Constituency Westminster:Monmouth
Post Town:USK
Postcode Area:NP

Goytre (; Welsh: Goetre) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

The population of the whole of Goetre Fawr, including Goytre, taken at the 2011 census was 2,393.[1]

Location

Goytre is located five miles south of Abergavenny and four miles north of Pontypool, Torfaen.

Etymology

The word Goytre derives from the Welsh word for settlement/town in the woods.

History and amenities

Goytre has a canal wharf https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/302313 and visitor centre https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/451882 on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/476643, complete with interactive sculptures https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/445277. The Llanover private estate, once presided over by Lady Llanover owns the surrounding land.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil parish and ward population 2011. 3 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150407001024/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123781&c=NP4+0AQ&d=16&e=62&g=6496643&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428067148744&enc=1 . 7 April 2015 .