West Midlands
Herefordshire
Abbey Dore

Dore Abbey

Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. A large part of the original medieval building has been used since the 16th century as the , with remaining parts either now ruined or no longer extant.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: church
  • Also known as: “Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England)” and “Site of Dore Abbey”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Ewyas Harold Castle.

Church
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Ruins
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a castle in the village of in , . is situated 1 mile south of Dore Abbey.

Church
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is situated 1 mile south of Dore Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abbey Dore and Ewyas Harold.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, known for Dore Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, which was expanded in the 13th century.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley in , England, near the Wales-England border about halfway between , , and .

Village
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is a small village in a rural area of south-west , England, 14 miles from . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Dore Abbey.

Dore Abbey

Latitude
51.96899° or 51° 58′ 8″ north
Longitude
-2.89341° or 2° 53′ 36″ west
Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)
Open location code
9C3VX494+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9028659475
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11549179
Wiki­data ID
Q1243820
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Russian—“Dore Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Dore Abbey”
  • French: “abbaye de Dore”
  • French: “Abbaye de Dore”
  • German: “Dore Abbey”
  • Italian: “Dore Abbey”
  • Persian: “دیر دور”
  • Russian: “аббатство Дор”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Дор”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dore Abbey”. Photo: David Merrett, CC BY 2.0.