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Abbey Dore

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

Abbey Dore
Abbey Dore · Thomas Girtin
The place

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

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Abbey Dore

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Ewyas Harold Castle

    Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England.

    1.9 km · castle in Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dore Abbey

    Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Abbey Dore in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. A large part of the original medieval building has been used since the 16th century as the parish church, with remaining parts either now ruined or no longer extant.

    300 m · church · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pontrilas Court

    Pontrilas Court situated at the west end of the village Pontrilas in Herefordshire is a large stone Grade II* listed mansion and is marked on the 1904 Ordnance Survey map illustration.

    3.2 km · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Abbey Dore Court

    Abbey Dore Court is a country house in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. It was built in the Golden Valley in 1861 for Thomas Freke Lewis.

    300 m · Country house in Abbey Dore, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's is a redundant church in the hamlet of Kenderchurch to the north of the village of Pontrilas, in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

    2.7 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Abbey Dore

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 66 km · Cardiff (CWL), 71 km · Birmingham (BHX), 95 km
Stations
Pontrilas railway station, 3.2 km
  • Bristol → Abbey Dore
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £8–10
  • Cardiff → Abbey Dore
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £7–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Abbey Dore
    92 km · quickest by road, 2h · £13–17
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Abbey Dore

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abbey Dore. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    151 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    180 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    427 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    463 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    479 km

If you know how people move in Abbey Dore – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Abbey Dore

Abbey Dore is 58 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Ewyas Haroldvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK1.9 km
  • Bactonvillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, UK2.5 km
  • Dulashamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK1.5 km
  • Pontrilasvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK3.2 km