{{Short description|Hamlet and historical area in Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Cleidda | static_image = The Clytha Arms - geograph.org.uk - 1544942.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = The Clytha Arms | constituency_welsh_assembly = | coordinates = {{coord|51.785|-2.912778|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Clytha | unitary_wales = Monmouthshire | lieutenancy_wales = Gwent | constituency_westminster = Monmouth | post_town = | postcode_district = | postcode_area = | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = | population = }} '''Clytha''' ({{langx|cy|Cleidda}}) is a hamlet and historical area in Monmouthshire, Wales.
==Overview== It lies just off the A40 road, to the south of Llanarth and west of Raglan. It contains Clytha Park and Clytha Castle and Llanarth Estate Office, Ty Gwynt and Pit House. The castle, the park and The Clytha Arms public house,<ref name=Arms>[http://www.clytha-arms.com/ The Clytha Arms]</ref> however, lie on the southern side of the A40. The hamlet lies within the parish of Llanarth and covered 1841 acres with a population of 361 people in 1861.<ref name="Commons1862">{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Parliamentary papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1|year=1862|publisher=HMSO|page=1}}</ref>
Clytha is home to the first polo club in Wales, the Monmouthshire Polo Club, founded in 1872 by Reginald and Francis Herbert.<ref>Horace A. Laffaye, ''Polo in Britain: A History'', Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2012, pp. 11-12</ref>
Great House, Clytha is a Grade II listed building.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-23000-barn-range-at-great-house-clytha-llanarth/osmap "Barn range at Great House, Clytha, Llanarth" at britishlistedbuildings.co.uk]</ref>
The Clytha Arms, a converted Dower house, holds an annual Cider Festival on May Bank Holidays.<ref name=Arms/>
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