Education and Health
The town is served by Monmouth Comprehensive School, on Old Dixton Road, with over 1,600 pupils. There are primary schools at Kymin View, Osbaston, and Overmonnow, with most areas served by both infants and junior schools. There are also two independent schools, Monmouth School and Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls. Former pupils of Monmouth School have included politicians Colin Moynihan and Derek Ezra; international rugby players Eddie Butler and John Gwilliam; and show jumper David Broome. Former Wales and British Lions rugby player John Bevan now teaches at the school. Secondary students wishing to learn through the medium of Welsh are bused to Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw in Pontypool. There is a Welsh-language parent-and-toddler group – "Cylchoedd Ti a Fi" Trefynwy – which operates under the umbrella of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin. Coleg Gwent offers short courses at their "Learn IT Centre."
Health care services in Monmouth, as part of the National Health Service, are provided by the Aneurin Bevan Health Board. Monmouth Hospital closed in 2006, and health services are now provided at the Monnow Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Facility, a private finance initiative hospital located beside Drybridge House.
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