Llangovan is close to Monmouth, the
county town and is set in a rural area of rolling hills beneath the
Trellech ridge. The
Church of St Govan is a Grade II*
Listed Building. It is now closed and has a colony of bats. The churchyard contains an ornate
medieval stone cross which is a
Grade II listed building and a
Scheduled monument. At Llanwinney are the remains of a chapel which bears the inscription "Bethel Chapel Erected in 1841". Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of
Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the
High Sheriff of Gwent, is also a Grade II listed building. In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished. ==Notable people==