The Narth

The Narth
Welsh: Pennarth

Sign at the former Trekkers centre, The Narth, photographed in 2006
The Narth
 The Narth shown within Monmouthshire
OS grid referenceSO525065
Principal areaMonmouthshire
Ceremonial countyGwent
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MONMOUTH
Postcode district NP25
Dialling code 01600
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMonmouth
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Coordinates: 51°45′17″N 2°41′23″W / 51.754715°N 2.689623°W

The Narth (Welsh: Pennarth) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Monmouth, and about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Trellech, on a spur of land overlooking the Whitebrook and Wye valleys.

History and amenities

The village developed initially through settlement on waste land, principally by workers in paper mills in Whitebrook in the nineteenth century. In the 1920s, land was offered for sale by the owner, the Marquis of Worcester, and development continued on a sporadic basis until the late twentieth century. Old cottages were refurbished and many larger houses were built. The village is popular with commuters.[1]

A village school opened in 1910,[2] but closed later in the century. The Trekkers opened in the early 1970s as a trekking centre, and operated as a private members' club until 1984; thereafter it was run as a pub, housed in a log cabin, until it closed in 2004. It has since been demolished.[3] Community activity is centred on the village hall.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon Casson, The History of the Narth, part 1. Accessed 22 April 2012
  2. ↑ The History of the Narth, part 2. Accessed 22 April 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Monmouthshire County Council, Index of Planning Applications, 21 April 2009, pp.45-54
  4. ↑ The Narth Village Hall. Accessed 22 April 2012