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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 situated 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 Wild Hare Inn is a pub with rooms 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
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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″ northLongitude
-2.7096° or 2° 42′ 35″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C3VM7XR+55GeoNames ID
7301136
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