Best route to Monmouth

bigfoot125 · 6 May 2006 at 8:14PM

Travelling from North wales whats the easiest and quickest route down to Monmouth.?
Can anyone suggest any places of interest by the way

thanks in advance

steve_cov · 6 May 2006 at 8:31PM

Depends on which part of north Wales!! I'd really recommend hiring a car if you can afford it, but I'm assuming not.

If coming from the north-west, I think there's a coach that runs from Bangor to Cardiff, via Aber/Carmarthen/Swansea/Bridgend and takes all day. From there, you can only get the train as far as Abergavenny (once or twice an hour, takes about 45 minutes) and presumably then a bus via the villages to Monmouth, which is about 10-12 miles east. The local tourist information centre should be able to help with scheduling your journey.

If you are coming from north-east Wales, I don't know where to begin, but it probably involves a train via Crewe, Birmingham and Gloucester and a bus from Lydney, which is right on the Severn estuary. It's on a really pretty route from Gloucester... until you get to the outskirts of Newport, of course!

Either way, tourist information is probably your best bet. Call them on 01600 713899.

bigfoot125 · 7 May 2006 at 7:59AM

Hi
I am travelling from Porthmadog by car if this helps
guess its dolgellau or shrewsbury route

steve_cov · 7 May 2006 at 8:17AM

Cymerwch yr A470 i Aberhonddu a wedyn A40 i Drefynwy. Bydd yn cymryd 4-5 awr, dwi'n credu.

bigfoot125 · 7 May 2006 at 8:24AM

Ydi hon yn ffordd hawsach na Yr Amwythig etc

Dwi yn cymeryd fod dim angen mynd dros y Brecon Beacons/
Diolch

steve_cov · 7 May 2006 at 8:49AM

A470 yw'r prif ffordd rhwng y Gogledd a'r De: os ych chi'n mynd ger Amwythig, byddwch yn pasio Birmingham a Chaerwrangon ar yr M54/M6/M5/M50/A40 sydd yn brysur iawn i gyd. Gwell i chi aros yng Nghymru, nage?

Mae lot o arwyddion "Men at work" (a dim lot o ddynion na gwaith i'w gweld!) ar hyn o bryd. Gyrrais i lawr i Abertawe wythnosau 'nôl ac mae gwaith ar yr M5 yn Tewkesbury, M50/A40 yn Ross ac ar yr A40 yn Nhrefynwy. Roedd yr oedi'n wael. Mae gwaith hefyd ger Wolverhampton - gallwch weld yr AA ar y wê?