River Wye

The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 250 kilometres from its source on in to the Severn Estuary. The lower reaches of the river form part of the border between England and Wales.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Chepstow Castle and Chepstow Museum.

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at , Monmouthshire, Wales…

Museum
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is a in , , south east .

House
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is a house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tutshill and Chepstow.

Village
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is a village within the parish of in the Forest of Dean, , England.

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is an ancient market town and former port…

Village
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is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west , England.

River Wye

Latitude
51.64893° or 51° 38′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.67115° or 2° 40′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C3VJ8XH+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27220192
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2633459
Wiki­data ID
Q19695
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“River Wye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر واي”
  • Armenian: “Ուայ”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Wye”
  • Basque: “Wye ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Уай”
  • Belarusian: “Ўай”
  • Breton: “Gwy”
  • Bulgarian: “Уай”
  • Catalan: “Wye”
  • Cebuano: “River Wye”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊河”
  • Chuvash: “Уай”
  • Czech: “Wye”
  • Danish: “Wye”
  • Dutch: “Wye”
  • Esperanto: “rivero Wye”
  • Esperanto: “Rivero Wye”
  • Faroese: “Wye”
  • Finnish: “Wye”
  • French: “Wye”
  • Georgian: “უაი”
  • German: “River Wye”
  • German: “Wye”
  • Hebrew: “וואי”
  • Hindi: “वेई नदी”
  • Hungarian: “Wye”
  • Indonesian: “Wye”
  • Irish: “Afon Gwy”
  • Italian: “Wye”
  • Japanese: “ワイ川”
  • Latin: “Vaga Fluvius”
  • Latin: “Vaga”
  • Latvian: “Vaja”
  • Lithuanian: “Vajus”
  • Livvi: “Afon Gwy”
  • Marathi: “वेई नदी”
  • Mingrelian: “უაი (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “უაი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wye”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wye”
  • Norwegian: “Wye”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਇ ਦਰਿਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੇਈ ਨਦੀ”
  • Persian: “رود وای”
  • Piemontese: “Wye”
  • Polish: “Wye”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Wye”
  • Russian: “Уай”
  • Serbian: “Вај”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wye”
  • Slovak: “Wye”
  • Slovenian: “Wye”
  • Spanish: “Río Wye”
  • Spanish: “Wye”
  • Swedish: “Wye”
  • Turkish: “Wye Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Вай”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wye”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Wye”
  • Welsh: “Afon Gwy”
  • Western Frisian: “Wye”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Castleford and Woodcroft.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dean Close St John’s and Bridge End Cottage.

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