Goytre, Monmouthshire

Human settlement in Wales

51°44′23″N 2°59′06″W / 51.73972°N 2.98500°W / 51.73972; -2.98500

Goytre (/ˈɡɔɪtrə/; Welsh: Goetre) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

The population of the whole of Goetre Fawr, including Goytre, taken at the 2011 census was 2,393.^[1]

Location

Goytre is located five miles south of Abergavenny and four miles north of Pontypool, Torfaen.

The word Goytre derives from the Welsh word for settlement/town in the woods.^[2]

Goytre has a canal wharf [1] and visitor centre [2] on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal [3], complete with interactive sculptures [4]. The Llanover private estate, once presided over by Lady Llanover owns the surrounding land.

^ "Civil parish and ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ "Goytre and Penperleni Villages (424477)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 6 October 2020.