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You won't go on the A40 that way.  The M50 becomes the A449 and will take you all the way down to the M4 at the Coldra roundabout in Newport - it's where the Celtic Manor of Ryder Cup fame is.  You then take the M4 to Cardiff - about half an hour. If you take the A40 off the A449 near Abergavenny this will take you in the wrong direction and though you can get back on track at Abergavenny via the A4042, it's a much longer and protracted route through Pontypool and Cwmbran.

There used to be a service area at Raglan just before the A40 junction to Abergavenny but I have a feeling it's closed. There are a few stops on the A449 from Ross towards Newport but they tend to trucker stops - diners and the like. There are loads of lay-bys though, some of them large because of the amount of trucks that use this road.

As I thought, the Raglan Services are shut:

http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/Monmouth

Quote: Originally posted by paulsv6bus on 31/7/2014

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Thank you very much for your help and advice.   If there are plenty of lay bys then we should be ok at a push, but the picnic spot between raglan and Newport sounds good.   We hope they will have a good sleep but best be
When you say the A449 and A40 run together do you mean prepared !
they are the same road or run at the side of each other ?   Sorry if this sounds a bit dim but my road map looks like we leave the A40 just before raglan and join the A449 . It wouldn't be the first time I have misunderstood and took us on a wild goose chase.

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