Tintern

Tintern is situated just inside South Wales in the beautiful Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, six miles north of Chepstow on the A466 road to Monmouth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tintern Abbey and Wyndcliff.

Tintern Abbey

Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tintern Abbey is a ruined medieval abbey adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England.

Wyndcliff

Forest

The Wyndcliff or Wynd Cliff is a steep limestone cliff rising above the western bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, some 1 mile north-east of the village of St Arvans, 2.5 miles south of Tintern, and 3.5 miles north of the town of Chepstow, within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wild Hare Inn, Tintern

Hotel

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Royal George, formerly The Wild Hare, is a hotel in Tintern located 5 miles to the north of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is situated beside the A466 road, across the road from the River Wye, on the corner of an unclassified road to Devauden and Trellech.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chepstow and Devauden.

Chepstow

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Chepstow is an ancient market town and former port situated on the River Wye in South Wales a short distance upstream from where the Wye and Severn rivers merge.

Devauden

Village

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Devauden is a village and community in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. It is located between Chepstow and Monmouth near the top of the Trellech ridge on the B4293 road.

Tintern

Type: Locality
Location: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6979° or 51° 41′ 53″ north

Longitude

-2.7096° or 2° 42′ 35″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

9C3VM7XR+55

GeoNames ID

7301136

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