River Wye
River Wye is a river in Gloucestershire, West Country, England. River Wye is situated nearby to the hamlet Chapel Hill, as well as near Tintern Parva.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.
Miss Grace’s Lane
Cave
Miss Grace's Lane, near Tidenham in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system, the entrance to which was excavated between 1994 and 1997 by members of the Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tintern and Chepstow.
Tintern
Photo: WelshDave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Chepstow
Photo: wildlife encounters, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Llandogo
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandogo is a small village in Monmouthshire, south Wales, between Monmouth and Chepstow in the lower reaches of the Wye Valley AONB, two miles north of Tintern.
River Wye
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6934° or 51° 41′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.675° or 2° 40′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3VM8VG+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 129406115OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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