The River Usk near Abergavenny with the Blorenge in the background
The River Usk (/ʌsk/; Welsh: Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north into Usk Reservoir, then east by Sennybridge to Brecon before turning southeast to flow by Talybont-on-Usk, Crickhowell and Abergavenny, after which it takes a more southerly course.
Beyond the eponymous town of Usk, it passes the Roman legionary fortress of Caerleon to flow through the heart of the city of Newport and into the Severn Estuary at Uskmouth beyond Newport near the Newport Wetlands. The river is about 125 km (78 mi) long.[2] According to the Encyclopaedia of Wales (which provides a figure of 137km), the river is the longest to flow wholly within Wales.[3]
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal follows the Usk for most of the length of the canal.
^"Usk at Chain Bridge". Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
^Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna; Lynch, Peredur I. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (First ed.). Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 904. ISBN 9780708319536.
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