St Arvans

St Arvans
St Arvans parish church
St Arvans is located in Monmouthshire
St Arvans
St Arvans
Location within Monmouthshire
Population765 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST516965
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHEPSTOW
Postcode districtNP16
Dialling code01291
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire
51°39′58″N 2°42′00″W / 51.666°N 2.700°W / 51.666; -2.700

St Arvans (Welsh: Llanarfan) is a village and community (equivalent to a parish) in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located two miles north west of Chepstow, close to Chepstow Racecourse, Piercefield House and the Wye Valley AONB. It is connected by a segregated bicycle path to the edge of Chepstow. The name "Sain Arfan" was incorrectly placed on signage provided by Monmouthshire county council, sometime between 2005-2010, as a Welsh language version of St Arvans. This translation was never approved by the St Arvans community council or the Welsh speakers within the village itself. It took over 10 years before the signage was corrected to match the fountain stone tablet, and the historically used "Llanarfan" (Welsh translation for the Parish of St Arvans) in 2022.

  1. ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 4 April 2015.