Gwehelog Explained

Country:	Wales
Welsh Name:	Gwehelog
Constituency Welsh Assembly:	Monmouth
Coordinates:	51.7322°N -2.8856°W
Official Name:	Gwehelog
Community Wales:	Llanarth
Unitary Wales:	Monmouthshire
Lieutenancy Wales:	Gwent
Constituency Westminster:	Monmouth
Post Town:	USK
Postcode District:	NP15
Postcode Area:	NP
Dial Code:	01291
Population:	493
Population Ref:	(2011)^[1]

Gwehelog is a village settlement in the community of Llanarth, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Location

Gwehelog is located south of the village of Raglan and north of the town of Usk in very rural Monmouthshire.^[2]

History and amenities

There is a Methodist chapel nearby. It was built in 1822, in a Gothic vernacular style. It was modified in 1902. The minister is Rev Ruth Lownsbrough.^[3]

A local pub and restaurant is the Hall Inn.^{[4] [5]}

In May 2020 a man died, another was seriously injured, and a woman sustained leg injuries after an attack by a water buffalo kept at a farm near Gwehelog. The animal was later destroyed.^[6]

External links

• Local walks
• The Hall Inn's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 3 April 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150407061157/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124084&c=NP15+1JZ&d=16&e=62&g=6496664&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428072713679&enc=1. 7 April 2015.
2. Web site: Geograph:: Gwehelog, Monmouthshire (C) Peter Wasp . www.geograph.org.uk . 7 May 2020.
3. Web site: Gwehelog Methodist Church . caldicotmethodists.co.uk . 7 May 2020.
4. Web site: Geograph:: The Hall Inn, plus telephone box (C) Ruth Sharville . www.geograph.org.uk . 7 May 2020.
5. Web site: The Hall Inn Gwehelog Usk, Monmouthshire . www.thehallinn.co.uk . 7 May 2020.
6. Web site: Water buffalo fatal attack victim named . 7 May 2020 . www.bbc.co.uk . 7 May 2020.