Cwmbran in Brief Cwmbran is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in Southeast Wales. The town lies around 6 miles (10 km) north of Newport and about 14 miles (23 km) northeast of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. The ‘new town’ of Cwmbran was established in 1949, formed from the villages of Old Cwmbran,…
The Hertford – the town they named a shire after! Situated inside Hertfordshire, this town was once so important that it was the county town. The fjord at Hertford has seen use since at least 913AD, with evidence of a township dating even farther back than that. The modern settlement of Hertford has some 26+…
Chepstow in Brief Chepstow is a town and community in the county of Monmouthshire, South Wales. It is situated on the English border, adjoining the county of Gloucestershire. It also lies on the River Wye, about 2 miles from its confluence with the River Severn. Chepstow also lies 16 miles (26 km) east of Newport,…
A market town, cathedral town, and historic site of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Bury St Edmunds is the kind of quaint English town that made the Normans want to invade. It’s the kind of town that the Vikings looked at and decided they wanted it. Not only is it the home of Silver Spoon sugar,…
Hoddesdon. The Hertfordshire town with two train stations. Just east of the Prime Meridian you will find the town of Hoddesdon. This town lies in Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, and has about 40 thousand souls living in it. The town dates back to Anglo-Saxon times and has a mention in the Domesday Book, so it’s pretty…
Home to over 40,000 British citizens, Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, is known for quaint old buildings combined with modern architecture. It’s a green town, where shrubbery grows on every corner. It’s the original home town of the Marquess of Salisbury, so we already know that it’s a dazzling jewel in the Hertfordshire crown. Let’s look closer…
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Craig Taylor