Country: | Wales |
Welsh Name: | Penpergwm |
Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Monmouth |
Official Name: | Penpergwm |
Coordinates: | 51.785°N -2.978°W |
Unitary Wales: | Monmouthshire |
Constituency Westminster: | Monmouth |
Post Town: | ABERGAVENNY |
Postcode District: | NP7 |
Postcode Area: | NP |
Dial Code: | 01873 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO 325103 |
Penpergwm is a village in south Wales, situated along the A40 road, south-east of Abergavenny and west of Monmouth. The site of Castell Arnallt lies on a mound in the water meadows between the village and the River Usk.[1]
The village used to have to a railway station on the Welsh Marches Line, but it closed in 1958.[2] [3] The former station house is now a private residence.[4]
The former British politician Francis Pym was born in Penpergwm Lodge in the village.[5]