Catbrook

Catbrook (Welsh: Catffrwd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.[1] The population in 2011 was 412.[2]

Old Catbrook schoolhouse

Location

Catbrook is located six miles south of Monmouth and one mile north west of Tintern.[3] It is in the community of Trellech United, just under two miles south of Trellech village.

History and amenities

Catbrook is set high above the Wye Valley AONB above Tintern Abbey and overlooks the Forest of Dean across the river in Gloucestershire.

In 2004 Melanie Chisholm, singer and member of the Spice Girls, purchased a luxury residence at Catbrook.[4]

References

  1. The Catbrook website, Retrieved 3 January 2016
  2. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000352
  3. WalesOnline (7 June 2004). "Mel C makes a home in Wales". Retrieved 8 October 2018.



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