Mathern

Mathern
  • Welsh: Matharn/Merthyr Tewdrig
Mathern is located in Monmouthshire
Mathern
Mathern
Location within Monmouthshire
Population1,056 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST522912
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHEPSTOW
Postcode districtNP16
Dialling code01291
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire

51°37′05″N 2°41′30″W / 51.61818°N 2.6917°W / 51.61818; -2.6917


Map of the community

Mathern (Welsh: Matharn; older form: Merthyr Tewdrig) is a village, community, and historic parish in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of the town of Chepstow, close to the Severn Estuary, the Bristol Channel and the M48 motorway. The village is designated as a Conservation Area. It is now bisected by the motorway, which passes over the road through the village, with the original village located to the south and Newton Green to the north.

Almost adjoining Mathen, and within the community, is Pwllmeyric.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 4 April 2015.

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