Coed-y-Paen

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Coed-y-Paen
Monmouthshire
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Location
Grid reference: ST3348098677
Location: 51°40’58"N, 2°57’49"W
Data
Post town: Pontypool
Postcode: NP4
Dialling code: 01291
Local Government
Council: Monmouthshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Monmouth

Coed-y-Paen is a village in Monmouthshire, situated at the south-eastern end of Llandegfedd Reservoir, two and a half miles north-west of Llangibby.[1] The village is home to HM Prison Prescoed, a Category D prison.[2]

The village has one public house, the Carpenters Arms.[3]

Christchurch

The village church, Christchurch, was designed in 1848 by architect Sir Matthew Digby-Wyatt.[4]

The church was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of Llangibby. It was conveyed to the Church of England in 1861. A fine Victorian church of the Early English style, it comprises a nave and chancel and a western tower of three floors. It has a single bell.[4]

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