--- title: "Abbey Dore – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Abbey Dore, United Kingdom: Abbey Dore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, known for Dore Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbey-dore" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbey-dore.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village in Herefordshire, England · United Kingdom # 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Dore), 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewyas_Harold_Castle) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dore_Abbey) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontrilas_Court) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Dore_Court) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Kenderchurch) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-abbey-dore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Abbey+Dore) - Cardiff → Abbey Dore 57 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £7–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-abbey-dore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Abbey+Dore) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Abbey Dore 92 km · quickest by road, 2h · £13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-abbey-dore) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Abbey+Dore) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Abbey%20Dore) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. 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. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 151 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 180 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 427 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 463 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) 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](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cabbey-dore&title=Abbey+Dore&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fabbey-dore), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Abbey Dore Abbey Dore is 58 km from [Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cardiff), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Ewyas Harold](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ewyas-harold) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 1.9 km - [Bacton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacton) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, UK 2.5 km - [Dulas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dulas) hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK 1.5 km - [Pontrilas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pontrilas) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 3.2 km [The place page for Abbey Dore](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/abbey-dore) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbey-dore, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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