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, and three miles west of Usk .
History and amenities
The village derives its name from a watermill that was situated in the village . It comprises 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. Half a mile north of the village is Ty Draw, a now residential community previously the local reformatory in Victorian times.
The village has minimal facilities, comprising a pub, an evangelical church and a village hall with which several community groups are affiliated. These act as the primary meeting points for locals. The Newport to Hereford railway line runs along its western boundary and until the 1950s had its own station, Little Mill Junction, at the point where the Monmouth branch line joined the 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 schools as well as several comprehensive schools including Caerleon Comprehensive School. Little Mill contains two parks including what is locally known as the "pocket park" and "the big park".
During 2013-14 a very high density housing estate was built at the village's eastern edge which involved the demolition of The Sawmill , the single most distinctive residence in Little Mill, and use of surrounding open areas.
Since its re-opening in 2012, the Halfway House pub has also been a primary meeting point for locals, with a selective choice of beer and ales, large boules courts, a beer garden and Glyn Roberts (Grumpy Glyn) with his brummy accent. The pub is also a choice location on selective weeknights for the regular pub quiz, previously hosted by the notoriously miserable Ken Starmore. The pub also hosts alternative entertainment nights, where residents can socialise and listen to local resident, Chris James, talk about chainsaws, agricultural mechanisms and touching cloth. On a Friday night Tim Baldwin holds a Darts Masterclass for all those interested.
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Coordinates: 51°43′N 2°59′W / 51.717°N 2.983°W