Catbrook

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| country = Wales

| official_name = Catbrook

| welsh_name = Catffrwd

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| static_image_caption = Old Catbrook schoolhouse

| unitary_wales = Monmouthshire

| lieutenancy_wales = Gwent

| constituency_westminster = Monmouth

| post_town = USK

| postcode_area = NP

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Catbrook ({{langx|cy|Catffrwd}})https://www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales/standardised-welsh-place-names-list/catffrwd is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.[http://www.catbrook.org.uk The Catbrook website], Retrieved 3 January 2016 The population in 2011 was 412.{{Cite web|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W37000352|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}

Location

Catbrook is {{convert|6|mi}} south of Monmouth and {{convert|1|mi}} north west of Tintern. It is in the community of Trellech United, just under two miles south of Trellech village.

History and amenities

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

The Spice Girls' Melanie Chisholm moved to Catbrook in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mel-c-makes-home-wales-2432538|title=Mel C makes a home in Wales|website=WalesOnline|date=7 June 2004|access-date=8 October 2018}}

Catbrook & District Memorial Hall was originally an American World War I military hospital in London. The timber-framed building was transported to Catbrook and rebuilt. The building is still maintained by volunteers.{{cite web | url=https://www.catbrook.org.uk/village-hall-history | title=Village Hall History | website=catbrook.org.uk |access-date=2023-12-20}}

References

External links

[http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Monmouthshire/Catbrook/CatbrookChapel2004.htm Catbrook tin chapel]
[https://www.catbrook.org.uk/village-hall Catbrook Website]

Category:Villages in Monmouthshire