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26/12/2022

The autumn leaves falling on a winters day in the Wye Valley. We love this 'action shot' from just above Bigsweir Bridge, a beautiful part of the valley between Tintern & Monmouth where the road crosses from England to Wales.

Thanks to for the photo.



https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/explore/wye-valley-aonb

09/11/2022

Full moon over the Prince of Wales Bridge (Second Severn Crossing). A beautiful photo by .

The two Severn Bridges are the gateway to both Monmouthshire and Wales for many people, with around 80,000 vehicles using them each day. Welsh residents know the particular thrill of 'coming home' as they cross.

Best of all, the bridges have been toll free since 2018! If you want to see more great Severn Bridge photography, have a look at our toll-free page :

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/plan-your-visit/how-to-get-to-monmouthshire/severn-bridge-fees-scrapped

06/11/2022

It's not just the Wye Valley that you'll find Dragon's Breath. Here's a beautiful morning view in the Usk valley down below the Sugarloaf. Thanks to for the image.

You can find more great Dragon's Breath photos on our website :

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/inspire-me/nature-and-wildlife/dragons-breath

01/11/2022

The Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal was historically an important part of the industrial landscape of Monmouthshire & the Blaenavon World Heritage Site. As such, much of the canal can actually be found relatively high up the slopes of the Brecon Beacons, winding its way around the side of mountains.

You can see that here, with the canalside high above the morning mist of the Usk Valley (with Abergavenny hidden to the right of this photo). It means that walking, cycling or boating along the canal offers some great views, especially this time of year.

Thanks to for this photo.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/walking/monmouthshire-and-brecon-canal

27/10/2022

25/09/2022

25/09/2022

Enjoy more than 70 circular walks across the county, ranging from 1 mile town trails to 14 mile cross country routes. The pathcare and healthy walking routes are all managed and maintained by MonLife Countryside & their team of volunteers, whilst the rest have been developed and are maintained by partner organisations.

Visit Monmouthshire's website has plenty of routes for you to choose from: https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/walking

05/09/2022

Where England meets Wales, separated by the meandering River Wye, the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley is a place of timeless beauty and untamed nature. Pause for a moment at one of our many breathtaking viewpoints, walk or cycle our miles of off-road paths, explore our iconic ruins and unique attracti...

05/09/2022

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A national icon, Tintern Abbey still stands roofless on the banks of the River Wye after being founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks.

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.

From castles, to secret gardens, we have an ever growing list of attractions for you to explore. Find more here: https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/

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05/09/2022

Skirrid Fawr 🌄

The name ‘Skirrid’ is derived from the Welsh ‘Ysgyryd’, which means to shake or tremble. It’s easy to see where the name came from, with the massive landslide in the hill’s northern tip.

The Skirrid’s isolation means glorious views in every direction: Herefordshire and Malverns to the north, The Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons to the west, Usk Valley and Somerset to the south and Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean to the east.

From castles, to secret gardens, we have an ever growing list of attractions for you to explore. Find more here: https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/

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15/01/2022

Beautiful day for a walk, coffee, cake, or to feed the ducks 🌞☕🍰🦆

15/01/2022

Join me on Saturday 22nd January and try a new craft in my Chicken wire sculpture workshop, you could make a chicken, duck, piglet, penquin just a few ideas... https://inspiredgallery.co.uk/shop/ols/categories/workshops

15/01/2022

15/01/2022

They say that on a clear day from The Kymin (above Monmouth) you can see as far as Pen Y Fan, the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons. Now is certainly a good time to test that as the skies as have been beautifully clear!

Thanks to for this photo taken earlier in the week.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/the-kymin-p1502761

15/01/2022

Not a bad place to sit and see the views here for Helen Water (). She's looking out from the top of the Skirrid, over the valley towards the Sugarloaf. It's hard to decide which of the Brecon Beacons to go up sometimes if you want the best view of the next peak!

As the easternmost of the Brecon Beacons, the Skirrid Fawr offers fantastic views both westwards towards the rest of the National Park, and eastwards over Monmouthshire.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/the-skirrid-mountaintop-skirrid-fawr-p1505691

15/01/2022

15/01/2022

When it's so blue it's hard to tell the difference between the water and the sky... Great photo from of Keeper's Pond on the Blorenge, high above Abergavenny in the Brecon Beacons. Try our 'Blorenge High Level Walk' to see it for yourself.

The weather has been stunning out there at the moment. Pretty cold, but gloriously sunny.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/health-walk-blorenge-high-level-walk-p1504591

07/01/2022

It's a bit chilly out there at the moment, so warm yourself up by remembering slightly warmer times in Monmouthshire. This photo of a peaceful Wye Valley at Bigsweir Bridge was taken by last summer.

It's a gorgeous photo, and we look forward to being able to walk alongside the River Wye in our t-shirts again!

07/01/2022

A full and wintery Wye as it snakes through the valley towards the Severn at Chepstow. Wales on the right, England on the left ❤

Although winter is the season we all stay indoors the most, it's so important to keep that connection with nature and get outside whenever you can. Particularly exhilarating in the cold too!

Explore our guide to walking in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley including our 12 Easy Walks at: https://www.visitdeanwye.co.uk/things-to-do/walking

By Perkspective photography 🙏👌

07/01/2022

This will be the 821st New Year (approximately) that the stones of Grosmont Castle have seen since being built around 1201 (although the site has been fortified since just after 1066). Built to protect the Marches, it's been historically grouped with Skenfrith & White Castle to form the 'Three Castles'.

Thanks to on Instagram for this photo of the castle with the village of Grosmont behind. It's a great place to visit in the Monnow Valley, right on the England / Wales border.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/three-castles-walk.aspx

07/01/2022

We can't get enough of these fantastic cloud inversion photos, this time time taken from the Blorenge looking east over Llanover and the rest of Monmouthshire (somewhere under the clouds!).

Thanks to on Instagram for the great photo.

03/01/2022

We'd like to wish all our followers a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Thank you especially for everyone getting out and about in Monmouthshire and taking such fantastic photos. Our feed would be far less interesting without you! Make sure to keep taking photos over the Christmas break and tag us with so we can share the best in the new year.

Here's a great wintry photo taken last February by on Instagram along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. We have 13 fantastic selections for winter walks on our website for you to try out if you feel the need to burn off those mince pies!

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/blog/christmas-winter-walks.aspx

03/01/2022

A very Happy New Year to one and all from the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley 🎉

We love looking back at our best bits of the previous year and here are our top nine photos of 2021 - featuring of course, many of our beautiful landscapes, breathtaking vistas, unique attractions and seasonal highlights. It has been another turbulent year but one of much joy and beauty as well and we again feel very privileged to be surrounded by so much stunning countryside.

Thanks to you all for following us, liking, commenting on and sharing our posts and for sharing our love for this magical place. And a huge thanks to all our wonderful local photographers who have again blown us away with their amazing captures. We're so grateful to be able to share their work with you.

We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to a 2022 filled with exploration and adventure 🙏

Our top nine of 2021 are:

1. Symonds Yat Rock by
2. The Mailscot Trail in autumn
3. The Wye Valley Greenway by
4. Autumn roads by
5. Spring bluebells by
6. The Forestry England Autumn Leaf Watch 2021 winning photo Tom Radford Photography
7. The summer exhibition at The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail
8. Dark skies over the Wye Valley by Oliver Herbold Photography
9. Lydney Docks by Martin O'Brien

From all at Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Tourism.

03/01/2022

As the sun sets on 2021 we look forward to 2022, and hopefully a brighter year ahead! We know it's been another very tough year for both our businesses & our visitors, so a huge thank you to both everyone that has visited Monmouthshire this year, and the businesses that have made it a great place to visit.

Thanks to for this early morning photo of the Monnow Valley near the village of Maypole.

Happy New Year everyone.

22/12/2021

Wow, what a great shot of the cliffs of the lower Wye Valley at Wintour's Leap looking south east over towards the Severn. Most of this shot is Gloucestershire, except that little spit of land in the river on the right, which is Monmouthshire.

The church at the very bottom of the image is St. James' Church on the Lancaut Peninsula, which can be reached on a walk that starts in Chepstow. See our 'short walks' page for more!

Thanks to .jankowski.houk on Instagram for the photo.

https://www.visitmonmouthshire.com/things-to-do/short-walks-in-monmouthshire.aspx