Welsh Bicknor
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Welsh Bicknor (Welsh: Llangystennin Garth Brenni[1]) is an area in the far south of the English county of Herefordshire. Despite its name, it is not now in Wales, but it was historically a detached parish (exclave) of the county of Monmouthshire. It lies within a loop of the River Wye and covers 8,502 acres (13.3 sq mi).[2]
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Welsh Bicknor
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Welsh Bicknor Church | |
Location within Herefordshire | |
OS grid reference | SO595175 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Ross-On-Wye |
Postcode district | HR9 |
Dialling code | 01594 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
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As its name suggests, Welsh Bicknor has close ties with Wales, having been a detached parish of Monmouthshire, although adjacent to English Bicknor and Lydbrook, which are part of Gloucestershire.