The Govilon History website tells us that “A network of tramroads were developed in the Govilon area. Walking over the canal bridge which is sketched by Blackmore I was the able to spend a short time at Llanvihangel (Govilon) Wharf before walking along the first few hundred yards of what was Bailey’s Tramroad. After the grouping in 1923 it became part of the LMS.Īfter a quick look at the station site I walked down the railway line to the point where it crossed the canal, then along the back of the site of Bailey’s Wharf. Govilon railway station was a station on the London and North Western Railway’s (LNWR’s) Heads of the Valleys line. My first port-of-call was Govilon Railway Station and the information board which includes the sketch above. Here iron, coal and limestone were taken from the horse-drawn trams onto narrowboats bound for Newport and the wider world. Michael Blackmore’s illustration depicts the tramroad as it crosses the canal to enter Govilon Wharf. To complete the walk I followed School Lane back to the Railway Station.īailey’s Tramroad from the Nantyglo Ironworks to the Canal at Govilon opened in 1821. I then crossed the tramway bridge and wandered a short distance along the canal towpath to view the wharf building to the southeast of the road. The route followed left this location in an Northeastward direction (cream), crossed the railway bridge over the canal and followed the line of the railway on the North side of the sailing club wharf. The bridge which carried Bailey’s Tramroad over the Canal is marked ‘A’ the Railway Station site is marked ‘B’, ‘C’ and ‘D’. Note the red dotted line which shows the route of Bailey’s Tramroad the location of Bailey’s Wharf and Govilon Wharf at the right side of the image the route of the canal shown in blue and the route of the railway in cream on the right half of the map and in green as part of one of the village trails. The location plan on the information board at Govilon Railway Station. I took the opportunity to have a look at the Wharf at Govilon and the first few hundred yards of Bailey’s Tramroad. It was actually quite a short walk, I only had just over an hour spare in a trip to Abergavenny. (Extracted from my photograph of the information board taken on 25th April 2022)
Notice the plateway itself which is formed of L-shaped cast iron plates resting on stone blocks. The drawing shows the Tramroad bridge over the canal which led to the Wharf. This sketch is included on the information sign at Govilon Railway Station which is now disused and lives on in an extended and altered form as a private dwelling. Bailey’s Tramroad and the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal by Michael Blackmore.
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