The Mardy () is a village in

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

, south east

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Location

Mardy is located immediately to the north of the

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the England–Wales border, border with England and is loca ...

. On old maps, the Mardy has the Welsh spelling Maerdy.

History and amenities

The Mardy has a close community and a varied mix of housing types and ages ranging from old farms recently built executive style homes. There is

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one mile further north at

Llantilio Pertholey Llantilio Pertholey () is a village and community (parish) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located to the north-east of the market town of Abergavenny, which it is part of, just off the A465 road to Hereford. The parish covers a large ...

. When the old Llantilio Pertholey Junior and infants mixed school was closed a new one was opened adjacent to the Mardy World War II camp but retained the name Llantilio Pertholey School.

Governance

Mardy is also an

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, formed from part of the

community. It elects one county councillor to

Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) () is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales. The current unitary authority was created in 1996 and covers the eastern ...

References

External links

Mardy AFC - the local football team
* Villages in Monmouthshire Monmouthshire electoral wards {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub