Places to explore near Pye Corner StationPye Corner

Steep flight of locks on the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone, an 18th-century engineering feat with towpath walks and a visitor centre.

1.1 km N

National Trust Restoration mansion and formal walled gardens of the Morgan family on the western edge of Newport.

2.4 km S

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

2.8 km SE · spans 16 counties

Cathedral church of the diocese of Monmouth on Stow Hill in Newport, keeping a fine Norman arch and nave.

2.9 km E

Towering 1906 transporter bridge over the River Usk, one of very few of its kind still standing, with a restored visitor centre.

4 km E

The mountain connoisseur's route over the roof of Wales — Cardiff to Conwy by way of the Bannau, the Cambrian wilderness and Eryri.

5.7 km NW · spans 9 counties

Prominent hillfort-topped summit above Cwmcarn with views to Cardiff Bay and the Bristol Channel.

6.3 km NW

Britain's best-preserved Roman amphitheatre and barracks.

6.5 km NE

Historic town on the Usk just outside Newport, built over the Roman legionary fortress of Isca with its amphitheatre, baths and barracks.

6.7 km NE · Newport

RSPB reserve of reedbed, saltmarsh and lagoons on the Severn estuary at Nash, with birdwatching hides and a lighthouse walk.

6.9 km SE

Forest park in the Ebbw Valley with a scenic drive, mountain-bike trails and the Twmbarlwm walk.

7.9 km NW

A medieval castle in Newport.

3.3 km E

Caerleon's Roman fortress to Brecon, following the Usk by riverside path and canal towpath under an otter's-head waymark.

6.8 km NE · Powys, Monmouthshire & Newport

Long-established country inn on the edge of Caerphilly near Rudry.

7.8 km W

The mountain canal of the Bannau Brycheiniog, contouring high above the Usk from Brecon toward Pontypool.

9.5 km N · Powys, Monmouthshire & Torfaen