M : Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye

An area renowned for outdoor holiday activities including walking and pony trekking in the Black Mountains and fishing on the River Usk

ABERGAVENNY (pop.15,000) Market Days – Tues, Fri & Sat; Flea Market on Wednesday. Castle and Museum, Hill Court Gallery (Pen-y-Pound), Crickhowell Castle, Tintern Abbey, Big Pit Mining Museum (Blaenafon). White, Grosmont and Skenfrith Castles, Llanthony Priory.

HAY-ON-WYE (pop. 1,300) Castle, Crafts Centre, numerous book shops (~second-hand book capital of the world~!), Teddy Bear & Jigsaw shops. Literary Festival (May), Antique Market and Shops. Maesyronnen Chapel (Glasbury), Kilvert Gallery (Clyro). Offa's Dyke footpath & Wye Valley Walk.