'Pîl' is a localised topographical element (found across the coast of South Wales, from Pembrokeshire and into Somerset) indicating a tidal inlet from the sea, suitable as a harbour.

[3] Gwynllyw's reputation amongst sailors saw him adopted as the patron saint of choice for Welsh pirates and smugglers including Sir Henry Morgan.

[6] The Waterloo Hotel is a Grade II listed building and is a good example of an early-20th-century public house, with a surviving interior of exceptional quality.

The corner of the building has a cantilevered octagonal clock tower rising to four stories in height with a pierced terracotta strapwork chamber to the top storey.

Officers commented that similar schemes had increased the reporting of offences against prostitutes, and allowed other agencies to work with women to help them leave the sex industry.

[14] Monmouth MP David Davies, who had debated prostitution on the Council of Europe, was cautious about the proposed area, and said that it "should not become like Amsterdam.