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Few visitors to Abergavenny can fail to recognise the beauty of the scenery in this part of Wales and many wish they had time to explore it a little more. Why not take advantage of our wonderful location on the edge of the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park and join us for an Activity Break or a weekend of sightseeing and Welsh culture.
Links to local interest websites
Abergavenny 'Gateway to Wales'
Abergavenny Food Festival
Winner of
'GREATEST EVENT IN WALES' in 2003
(Wales Tourist Board)
Beacons Active
Brecon Beacons National Park
- what to do and where to stay
Big
Pit
National Mining Museum of
Wales
Blaenavon
Setting for Alexander
Cordell's famous novel 'Rape of the Fair Country' - World Heritage
site
Brecon
Beacons National Park
Moorland, forests, valleys, waterfalls,
lakes, caves and gorges
Caerleon
Extensive Roman
history, believed by some to be the location of King Arthur's
Camelot
Cordell
Country
Find out more about Alexander Cordell,
author of 'Rape of the Fair Country'
Cradoc Golf Club
18 hole parkland course near Brecon
Hay-on-Wye
1600 residents, 69 book shops and home to the world-famous
'Hay Literary
Festival'.
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
A uniquely Welsh waterway
Newport - rich industrial heritage and a centre of modern industry and commerce
Tintern Abbey
Ruined former Cistercian
Abbey in the beautiful Wye Valley
Usk and the Wye Valley - historic Welsh border country
www.wyedeantourism.co.uk - discover the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley
See also:
BWRDD CROESO CYMRU
WALES TOURIST BOARD
www.cymruarywe.org (for Welsh language speakers)
Links to students' websites
The following websites are just some of those which have been created by learners attending our Web Design courses over the last couple of years:
www.abergavennycottages.com (Charlotte Mead)
www.georgie81.com (Mark George)
www.danlucker.com (Karen Lucker)
www.applicationcontrol.co.uk (Richard Price)
www.sarahsolympicdream.co.uk (Hywel Lewis)
www.crickhowellchoralsociety.org (Pip Hassall)
Other useful links
ARCA (the Adult Residential Colleges Association)
Green Dragon Environmental Management System
THE HILL EDUCATION & CONFERENCE CENTRE, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 7RP
Tel: 01495 333777 Fax: 01495 333778 Email: Hill@coleggwent.ac.uk