CAERLEON HERITAGE TRAIL
A WALK INTO THE PAST

Isca Road watercolour Wilfred Wilson

The booklet entitled "Caerleon Heritage Trail - A Walk Into The Past" can be purchased at the Tourist Information Centre in High Street. Alternatively you can view and print an internet version of the walk by following this link.

The walk takes a little over an hour. The trail starts at the Roman remains and then takes in post-Roman Caerleon.

"A walk around town will bring surprises and perhaps some disappointments for the town has suffered the ravages of time and has been sacked by Danes, Vikings, Saxons and Welsh. Following the Roman withdrawal, Caerleon maintained its importance as a seat of the Welsh Princes, and as a trading and industrial centre up to the end of the Nineteenth Century. It is still a town of personality and charm, containing much that is worthy of preservation ..."

Watercolours copyright Wilfred Wilson