Little Mill, Monmouthshire

Little Mill (Welsh: Y Felin Fach) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. The village has grown in size in recent years and has as a result a population of over 1,000.

Location

Little Mill is located three miles north east of Pontypool, Torfaen and three miles west of Usk [1].

History & Amenities

The village derives its name from a watermill that was situated in the village [2]. It is situated as mainly ribbon development along the A472 trunk road. Even today Little Mill is small and mostly contains Victorian cottages and villas and 1950s and 1980s housing developments. North of the village is Ty Draw, a now residential community previously the local Reformatory in Victorian times.

The village has a pub, an evangelical church, a telephone box and a village hall which has several groups affiliated with it. The village has a railway line running along its western boundary and until the 1950s its own station, Little Mill Junction, at the point where the Monmouth branch line joined the main Newport to Hereford main line. Today the nearest stations are Pontypool and New Inn and Cwmbran. The village is in the catchment area for several schools including Usk primary and Goytre Fawr primary school as well as several comprehensive schools including Caerleon Comprehensive School and King Henry VIII School Abergavenny.

The village contains two parks including what is locally known as the "pocket park", "the two swings" and "the big park". The village's main meeting points are the pub and the village hall which has recently been repainted.

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