Kentchurch
Kentchurch is a small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

Kentchurch is a small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located some 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Hereford and 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Abergavenny, beside the River Monnow and adjoining the boundary between England and Wales. The village name probably derives from an original dedication of the church to a 5th-century nun, Cein, or her sister Ceingar, who were daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog.
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Worth seeing in and around Kentchurch
10 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.
- 01Grosmont Castle
Grosmont Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales. The fortification was established by the Normans in the wake of the invasion of England in 1066, to protect the route from Wales to Hereford.
1.8 km · castle in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Kentchurch Court
Kentchurch Court is a Grade I listed stately home 1,200 yards east from the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England.
400 m · Grade I listed English country house in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England,UK · Wikipedia - 03St James's Church
The Church of St James is a former parish church at Llangua in the north-east of Monmouthshire. Although in Wales, the church is in the Church of England rather than the Church in Wales, being part of the parish of Kentchurch in the Diocese of Hereford.
3 km · church in Llangua, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 04Pontrilas 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 km · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church 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.
3.2 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Glyndwr Including Railed Forecourt
Glyndŵr House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a village house dating from the late 17th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 07Great Tresenny
Great Tresenny Farmhouse, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from c.1600. Situated just to the south of the village, the farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building.
2.2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 08Howell's House
Howell's House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is an early 17th century house. Previously known as The Shop, it served as a village stores from the mid-19th century in the 1980s.
1.9 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 09Lower Dyffryn House
Lower Dyffryn House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century. Owned by a Sheriff of Monmouthshire in the early 1600s, it was rebuilt by the Cecil family in the mid-17th century as a substantial mansion to the typical Elizabethan e-plan.
3.3 km · house in Grosmont Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 10Town Farm
Town Farm, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kentchurch
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 61 km · Cardiff (CWL), 68 km · Birmingham (BHX), 95 km
- Stations
- Pontrilas railway station, 2.9 km
- Bristol → Kentchurch55 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £8–10
- Cardiff → Kentchurch55 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Kentchurch93 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kentchurch
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 Kentchurch. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Kentchurch – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Kentchurch
Kentchurch is 55 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Grosmontvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales1.9 km
- Rowlestonevillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Pontrilasvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK3 km
- Llanguavillage in Monmouthshire, United Kingdom2.8 km
- Bagwyllydiartvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Monmouth Caphamlet in Monmouthshire2.6 km