Raglan, Monmouthshire
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| Raglan | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | c. 2,000 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | Maps for SO412076 | |
| Administration | ||
| Principal area: | Monmouthshire | |
| Constituent country: | Wales | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Police force: | Gwent Police | |
| Ceremonial county: | Gwent | |
| Historic county: | Monmouthshire | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | USK | |
| Postal district: | NP15 | |
| Dialling code: | +44-1291 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Monmouth | |
| European Parliament: | Wales | |
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Raglan (Welsh: Rhaglan) is a historic village situated in Monmouthshire. The village is well-known as the home of the 15th century Raglan Castle.
Raglan has excellent road communications, being situated at the junction of the A449 and A40 trunk roads.
[edit] Trivia
- During the 1970s new houses were built on the edge of the town facing towards the castle. However, so that visitors to the castle would not have to be faced with views of the back yards of the houses, the plans were reversed, so that the respectable "frontages" faced the castle and the utilitarian backyards, with their traditional vegetable gardens, faced towards the town. In time, the yards became in most cases second frontages.
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