I am very pleased to showcase what I believe to be the very best that Abergavenny has to offer. This isn't a commercial site, nor is it here to sell you anything. Its purpose is, I hope, to inspire you to visit our beautiful market town and experience the delights that it has to offer.
Known as the Gateway to Wales and nestled on the edge of the Black Mountains,
Abergavenny boasts some of the finest shops, restaurants and hotels you will find anywhere in the UK.
Many of the retailers and proprietors here have been perfecting their products and services for more than three decades and so, I am sure, that as you browse this site, you will come to agree that Abergavenny has got to be your destination in the near future. Enjoy the site.
Kind Regards, Steve Davies
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A Cocktail Event To Remember
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What a fantastic beginning to the Abergavenny Food Festival. Chase vodka and Dom from Harvey Nichol's kept the drinks coming, and all the guests were in such great spirits all night long. After such a successful evening, we look forward to many more. - Steve
A Royal Premier in Abergavenny
The stars of new film Resistance hit the red carpet on Monday night here in Abergavenny for the welsh premiere. HRH The Prince of Wales attended after a visit to the Six Bells Miners’ memorial and a trip to a Monmouthshire brewery. In true welsh fashion it was raining, but despite this a crowd of 100 people still turned up outside of Baker Street Cinema to catch a glimpse of the Prince.
Speaking to Mrs. Sheers, Owen’s mother, and a long time customer at Homes of Elegance she described how the premiere turned into a royal event. Whilst Owen was writing out in New York he met the Prince of Wales’ private secretary who coordinated the Prince to attend.
The Prince was joined on the red carpet by up and coming stars of the film Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschia and Kimberley Nixon. Unfortunately co-star Michael Sheen could not make the event.
The film, based on a book by Owen Sheers who grew up locally, was filmed in the area. The film focuses on the uneasy means of survival open to the women who were left behind when the men fled to the valleys to fight in the Second World War. The film describes a fictional past that could have once been our future if Britain hadn’t managed to keep Hitler out.
Owen’s inspiration for the story were the true stories that he heard of men in the area disappearing in the night to be trained up for Winston Churchill’s top secret Auxiliary Units.
Owen, who has just started rehearsals for a new play, The Two Worlds of Charlie F, likes to write about war but he admits that his first love is writing poetry. He’s been commissioned to write a long war poem to be broadcast on Radio 4 over five days next year.
The film is now showing at Baker Street Cinema and has inspired an exhibition at Abergavenny Museum until February 25th next year. Something not to be missed!
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Yet more fun!...this time from Make a Shake.
A bit of fun from Stephen Terry at the Hardwick. Here showing our very own Nicky Owen how to cook the perfect omlette!
The Angel Hotel Scoops Tea Award
The Tea Guild's Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2011.
The Angel Hotel are members of the prestigious UK Tea Guild with an ‘Award of Excellence’. Only nine hotels outside of London have achieved this, and in 2011 they are proud recipients of The Tea Guild’s top national award.
The Full Afternoon Tea £14.80. The Angel High Tea £17.80 (with savoury items). Add the indulgence of a glass of house champagne £7.00.
The Angel was recently reviewed in the Express...
'This elegant Georgian former coaching inn knows about tea. A member of the prestigious UK Tea Guild, it is one of only six hotels outside London to gain the Award of Excellence this year. The tea menu reads like a connoisseur’s wine list, from the “light buttery taste” of lemon verbena to the “rich and full-bodied aroma with hints of muscatel” of the Darjeeling second flush. At £9.80pp for the full afternoon tea, you tuck into Black Mountain smoked salmon, home-cooked ham and egg mayonnaise sandwiches followed by scones with jam, clotted cream, whipped Fresian cream or butter. Open daily, 3pm to 5pm.'
The Rooms At The Hardwick - Now Open
Each of their eight luxury rooms features a king size bed with either an ensuite walk-in shower or bath with shower. All rooms have Sony flat screen HD TV and DVD/Blu-ray player, a Roberts DAB radio with iPod/iPhone connection, Wi-Fi access and a treat-packed minibar.
All are double rooms, one of which has an additional sofa bed and can be a family room and another that can be a twin. Prices are from £140 to £160 per room with breakfast or £95 single occupancy from Sunday to Thursday. Call them on 01873 854220.
