Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye is a small market town, located on the river Wye in the English county of Herefordshire. The town is also part of the Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Forest of Dean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carlwev, Public domain.
Photo: Martinevans123, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 10,600 residents
- Description: town in Herefordshire, England
- Also known as: “Ross”, “Ross Urban”, and “Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wilton Castle and Church of St Bridget.
Wilton Castle
Ruins
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named after the manor associated with it.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston under Penyard and Bridstow.
Weston under Penyard
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston under Penyard is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 1,000. It lies on the A40 road two miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The Penyard is a prominent hill.
Bridstow
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 2 km west of Ross-on-Wye and 17 km south-east of Hereford. The parish is bounded to the east and south by the River Wye.
Peterstow
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated about 2 miles west of Ross-on-Wye on the A49. Peterstow is situated 2 miles west of Ross-on-Wye.
Ross-on-Wye
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.9141° or 51° 54′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.5838° or 2° 35′ 2″ westPopulation
10,600Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RNWOpen location code
9C3VWC78+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3361886125OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Ross-on-Wye” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Basque: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Bengali: “রস-অন-উই”
- Bulgarian: “Рос он Уай”
- Catalan: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Cebuano: “Ross on Wye”
- Cebuano: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Chinese: “瓦伊河畔罗斯”
- Chinese: “瓦伊河畔羅斯”
- Czech: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Dutch: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Finnish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- French: “Ross-on-Wye”
- German: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Gujarati: “રોસ-ઓન-વાય”
- Hungarian: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Irish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Italian: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Japanese: “ロス・オン・ワイ”
- Japanese: “ロス＝オン＝ワイ”
- Kannada: “ರಾಸ್-ಆನ್-ವೈ”
- Korean: “로스-온-와이”
- Ladin: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Latin: “Ros”
- Lithuanian: “Rosas prie Vaijo”
- Macedonian: “Рос на Вај”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Persian: “راس-آن-وای”
- Polish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Portuguese: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Romanian: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Russian: “Росс-он-Уай”
- Scots: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Slovak: “Ross-on-Wye”
- South Azerbaijani: “راس-آن-وای”
- Spanish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Swedish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Tamil: “ரோஸ் -ஆன் -வ்யே”
- Telugu: “రాస్-ఆన్-వై”
- Turkish: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Urdu: “روس-آن-وائی”
- Urdu: “روس-ون-ویی”
- Volapük: “Ross-on-Wye”
- Welsh: “Rhosan ar Wy”
- Western Frisian: “Ross-on-Wye”
- “Ross-on-Wye”
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