| Brockweir Village is situated in
the Lower Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,
an area often described as a ramblers' paradise. Just one
and a half miles from the ruins of Tintern Abbey and on
the edge of the Royal Forest of Dean, Brockweir is within easy
reach of both the Offa's Dyke Path and the Wye Valley
footpath. The village itself has changed little since it
echoed to the sounds of boatbuilding and its lively river
trade. It was here in Brockweir, the highest point of a
normal tide, that cargoes were transferred from the river
boats onto barges, ready to be sent to towns and villages
further up river. Once described by the Moravians as "a den of iniquity" Brockweir boasted many pubs
and cider houses. It is reputed that Lady Hamilton once
stayed in the then Royal Arms on her way to meet Nelson
in Monmouth. Only one pub survives from those busy
lawless days, the New Inn, now called the Brockweir
Country Inn but many of the other buildings remain almost
as they were many centuries ago. |
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