Top Things to do in Monmouthshire
Top Hotels in Monmouthshire
- 1. Mill Lodge Brecon Beacons
- 2. Premier Inn Abergavenny hotel
- 3. Premier Inn Monmouth hotel
- 4. St. Pierre Marriott Hotel & Country Club
- 5. Parva Farmhouse
- 6. Ramada Resort by Wyndham Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel & Spa
- 7. Two Rivers By Marston's Inns
- 8. Mill Lodge Brecon Beacons
- 9. Three Salmons Hotel
- 10. Glen-yr-Afon House Hotel
10 Things to do in Monmouthshire That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom including Cute Farm Experience, Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Castle, Tintern, White Castle, Kymin Hill, Raglan Castle, Monnow Bridge and Gate, Sugarloaf Mountain, The Skirrid.
Restaurants in Monmouthshire
1. Cute Farm Experience
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 75 reviews
STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. We offer private, tailor made experiences with our friendly, cute animals! You'll meet our alpacas, sheep, and miniature donkeys, all in the stunning Monmouthshire countryside. Please go to our website to see the different experiences we offer, or alternatively, send us an email.
Reviewed By Jostello7
From the minute we arrived at Cute Farm the sun was shining and the hospitality was incredible. Lisa, Miles, George & Amanda we’re by our sides throughout the day happily sharing the wealth of knowledge they have of all their animals, their passion is truly infectious!! Our boys 4 & 7 adored the Valais and loved their alpaca trekking experience, but it was the miniature donkey’s that stole the show for us, we are all now officially obsessed. In the words of a 7yr old it was a day in which his “best dreams came true”. Thank you all once again for such a warm welcome, we’ll definitely be back ????
2. Tintern Abbey
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,616 reviews
The appeal of this exceptional Cistercian abbey remains as enduring as ever An area of outstanding beauty complemented by this outstanding beauty in stone. If only the walls could talk! The chants of countless monks echo through the masonry here. Despite the shell of this grand structure being open to the skies, it remains the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales. The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.
Reviewed By joble - Anstey, United Kingdom
Such a beautiful building with an amazing view of the countryside. Well worth a visit great pub close by so you can enjoy a drink whilst admiring the view of the Abbey.
3. Chepstow Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,123 reviews
Beautifully preserved Chepstow Castle stretches out along a limestone cliff above the River Wye like a history lesson in stone. There’s no better place in Britain to see how castles gradually evolved to cope with ever more destructive weaponry – and the grandiose ambitions of their owners. For more than six centuries Chepstow was home to some of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the medieval and Tudor ages. The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.
Reviewed By spcotterell - Chepstow, United Kingdom
The oldest castle in Wales is well worth a visit excellent shop for purchasing gifts .The views from the castle onto the river Wye are beautiful and captured this historic landmarks in Chepstow .
4. Tintern
5. White Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 206 reviews
White Castle is the best preserved and most imposing of the trio of Monmouthshire fortresses known as the ‘Three Castles’ – which includes Grosmont and Skenfrith – built to control the border. Originally constructed from wood and earth, a series of renovations transformed it into the significant defensive structure we see today. The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.
Reviewed By Sarahgid_
Came on to White Castle, having visited Grosmont. This is a much more complete castle with a water filled moat surrounding it. The approach to the castle is up narrow lanes, with limited parking for about 15 cars at most. Good sign board explaining history. A lovely monument to visit with plenty of open space to picnic or run around and play games. The tower, with its views over surrounding countryside, is closed at the present time due to restrictions of social distancing. No toilets at the site and non paying. A recommended place for all the family. As an aside Rudolph Hess, famous nazi war criminal, was allowed to sketch at the castle!
6. Kymin Hill
7. Raglan Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 863 reviews
The unmistakable silhouette of Raglan crowning a ridge amid glorious countryside is the grandest castle ever built by Welshmen. We can thank Sir William ap Thomas, the ‘blue knight of Gwent’, for the moated Great Tower of 1435 that still dominates this mighty fortress-palace. His son Sir William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, created the gatehouse with its flared ‘machicolations’. These stone arches allowed missiles to be rained down on attackers. But Raglan came 150 years later than the turbulent heyday of castle-building. It was designed to impress as much as to intimidate.The displayed opening times are our general pattern. Please check the Cadw website for specific times and days, including closures.
Reviewed By AdrianS5955 - Berkshire, United Kingdom
I'll confess to being a castle fanatic! On this trip to Wales I'd been restrained about the number of castles that I'd gone to look at and this was the one big one! I was not disappointed. It is a great castle and there is lots to see, with plenty of information, even in the small booklet available from the on-site shop. Lots of winding stairwells to explore, (but there are big drops, so care to be taken, but this was built hundreds of years ago when there was no health and safety)! Henry VII kept in captivity here by the Yorkists when he was a boy and Cromwell's troops besieged it in the Civil War, so lots of history. Fantastic great tower and moat arrangement and unique drawbridge access to the tower (castle fan thing)! Great visit, would thoroughly recommend it! Not easily accessed by the less able, but it is a mediaeval castle.
8. Monnow Bridge and Gate
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 224 reviews
Reviewed By 70ish - Worcester, United Kingdom
This is always my first stop when I visit Monmouth I never tire of the beautiful setting and you always get a sense of history going through the gate walking in the footsteps of so many before you over the centuries. It is unique too being the only fortified bridge to survive in Great Britain
9. Sugarloaf Mountain
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 212 reviews
Reviewed By stevesT6186ES - Derbyshire, United Kingdom
What can I say apart from this is a beautiful small walk, we parked up in the car park overlooking beautiful scenery and walked through the bracken paths down towards the wood at the 3 oak trees we turned left and walked up through the old oak woodland. This was amazing to see just one species of trees in a wood, we skirted by the river and ascended up the mountain eventually reaching the summit and the trig point, we took in the breathtaking scenery before descending down the mountain through the bracken paths and back to the car park, taking just over 2 1/2 hours for non walkers. It was about 4 miles in total and well worth the Walk.
10. The Skirrid
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 75 reviews
Reviewed By 72raniam - Cardiff, United Kingdom
This was only a short walk but tough enough to make you feel like you've achieved something when you hit the summit! Amazing views all around.
