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Local & Vocal at the Abergavenny Food Festival

Later this month, on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th September, the Abergavenny Food Festival will take place for the twenty fourth time, bringing plenty of visitors and attention to the town. But this year’s Festival will also have a slightly different flavour, with a new ‘Local and Vocal’ tent in the Castle grounds, featuring a […]

Cool KATs

Dismayed by the growing problem of litter, a group of residents met up more than three years ago to relaunch Keep Abergavenny Tidy (KAT). They had grown tired of dumped trash – be it fast-food cartons, cans, bottles, cigarette butts or fly-tipping – causing unsightly blots around our scenic historic town and had decided to […]

Skater Park Pop-Up

The new County Councillor Cllr Matt Beecham came along to support the pop up skaters event at Crickhowell on the weekend of 4/5th June. The event was organised by Crickhowell and District Civic society to highlight the need for a skaters park in the Crickhowell area. There was a variety of 11 different skate ramps […]

Weather is Warming Up – Get Ahead and Keep it Fun not Fatal

With the weather warming up and more people planning to head to the water, especially with the impending bank holiday, now is the time to ensure families can stay safe and keep it fun not fatal. The warmer weather usually comes with more reports of rescues taking place from the water as people attempt to […]

Half term fun as the Jubilee weekend approaches

There are plenty of fun events and inspiration for days out in Monmouthshire this coming half term, many of which are free. Monmouthshire County Council’s MonLife, which runs many of the county’s museums, attractions and leisure centres is offering a chance to make Brilliant Banners and Super Scrapbooks. Families can create their own family banner […]

Have your say on Monmouthshire’s green spaces as part of the Nature isn’t Neat project

Monmouthshire County Council is looking for residents’ feedback on how natural areas within the county are managed, as green spaces across Monmouthshire are being left to grow during spring and summer months to benefit ecosystems as part of the Nature isn’t Neat project. The grassland management approach has been piloted in several locations across the […]

Safer at 20

Much has been made in recent weeks over the newly introduced 20mph speed limit restrictions throughout Abergavenny. These extend across Monmouthshire and include Llanfoist and Monmouth among other towns and villages. The introduction of the pilot 20mph zones is part of an all-Wales scheme that will come into full effect in 2023. Plans for the […]

Safer streets as 20mph zones come to Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire’s streets should become even safer as 20mph zones are being introduced by Monmouthshire County Council this month. The first of these projects will see Abergavenny, Llanfoist, Magor, Undy, Caldicot, Portskewett and Caerwent all lowered from 30mph this month as part of two Welsh Government funded pilot projects. Plans for the introduction of pilot 20mph zones […]

Scouts from Monmouthshire Drive Supplies to Ukraine

The 18-25 yr old Scouts that now find themselves on the front line of a war zone Monmouthshire Scouts have been calling on the wider community in a bid to send much needed resources to fellow Scouts and Scouters, that find themselves on the front line in the Ukraine. County Commissioner David Carylon of Gilwen, […]

Abergavenny Community Centre – A place where nice things happen!

We are situated in the old Park Street Infants School just off Park Street and Merthyr Road. It’s a beautiful old building and full of warmth and welcome. We have a wealth of community activities happening here – including Chair Yoga, Community Kids playgroup, a weekly two-course lunch and a buzzing coffee morning. We also […]

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