Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire, Wales
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latitude: 51.827, longitude: -2.861
Browse map of Monmouthshire 51°49′37.20″ N, 2°51′39.60″ W
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Monmouthshire is a county in Wales at latitude 51°49′37.20″ North, longitude 2°51′39.60″ West.

"Who wants to map Monmouthshire?"

-- attributed to Vanessa Lawrence, Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey

OpenStreetMap does!

This beautiful, rural, borderland Welsh county is easily accessible by train or car; is superb cycling and walking territory; and has changed comparatively little in the last 60 years, meaning that OSM surveys can be augmented by New Popular Edition mapping.

About

Monmouthshire is both a Principal Area, as well as a historic county of Wales. Its county town is Monmouth, though the largest town (and only city) in the historic county is Newport.

Maps

Settlements

Towns

Historic county

Historic county and principal area

Villages

  • several zillion

Routes

Major roads

  • M4
  • A40
  • A48
  • A449
  • A465
  • A4042

Railways

  • South Wales Main Line
  • Gloucester to Newport Line
  • Welsh Marches Line
  • Ebbw Valley Line

Waterways

  • River Wye - some done?
  • River Usk - some done?

Other routes

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