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Extract from the Chepstow Travel Guides:
Of all the places that call themselves "the gateway to Wales",
CHEPSTOW
(Cas-Gwent) has probably the greatest claim, situated on the western bank of the River Wye just over a mile from where its tidal waters flow out into the muddy Severn estuary. Chepstow is a sturdy place robbed of the immediate charm of many other Welsh market towns by soulless modern developments. Nonetheless, there's an identifiably medieval street plan hemmed in by the thirteenth-century
Port Wall
, which encases a tight loop of the River Wye and the strategically sited
Chepstow Castle
(June-Sept daily 9.30am-6pm; A...
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