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 ... [More]