town of Usk
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The town of Usk is a small historic market town in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, known for its picturesque setting on the River Usk and its medieval heritage.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Usk | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
picturesque setting
ⓘ
small town ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage |
British
ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity | market town ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
local retail
ⓘ
services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
river valley setting
ⓘ
rural surroundings ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
historic town centre
ⓘ
medieval street pattern ⓘ riverside setting ⓘ |
| hasFunction | local service centre ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | medieval heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalDevelopment | developed as a medieval market town ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricUse | market centre ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agricultural surroundings
ⓘ
commercial ⓘ residential ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Brynbuga (Welsh)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Usk (English) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNearbyWaterBody | River Usk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
historic market tradition
ⓘ
medieval character ⓘ scenic river views ⓘ |
| hasPostalCountry | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettlementForm | compact town centre ⓘ |
| hasTourismType |
heritage tourism
ⓘ
rural tourism ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
road links to Abergavenny
ⓘ
road links to Monmouth ⓘ road links to Newport ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSettlement | rural town ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Monmouthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalArea | South Wales Valleys region (broadly defined) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricRegion | Gwent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southeast Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | River Usk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observesDaylightSavingTime | British Summer Time ⓘ |
| partOf |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
historic county of Monmouthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.