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Kington Rural

Kington Rural is a civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 17 miles (30 km) north-west from the city and county town of Hereford.

The place

Kington Rural is a civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 17 miles (30 km) north-west from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish borders Wales at the west, and contains the hamlets and small settlements of Upper Hergest, Lower Hergest, Chickward, Bredward, and Kingswood at the south, and Bradnor Green and Rushok at the north. The nearest town is the market town of Kington which, with its parish, is to a large extent enclosed by Kington Rural. Significant landmarks of the parish are the Castle Twts motte and bailey earthwork, Hergest Court 15th-century manor house, and Hergest Ridge on the England–Wales border.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kington Rural

8 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
    Hergest Ridge

    Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys. Its highest point, which is in England, is 426 metres high.

    1.5 km · hill in England and Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Huntington Castle

    Huntington Castle was situated in the village of Huntington in Herefordshire, England, 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of Kington.

    2.7 km · castle in Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Stephen's Church

    St Stephen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. It was constructed in the 15th century in perpendicular gothic style on the site of a 6th-century church.

    3.8 km · church in Old Radnor, Powys, Wales · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary

    The Church of St Mary, or St. Mary the Virgin Church, Kington, Herefordshire, England is a Grade I listed parish church.

    2.5 km · church in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Stanner Rocks

    Stanner Rocks is a rounded hill, steep in parts, which lies close to the Wales border with England between Walton and Kington. A superb collection of wild plants can be found here.

    2.9 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kington Town Hall

    Kington Town Hall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Kington, a town in Herefordshire in England. In the 1970s, the building was split into three units, with shops on the ground floor of two of the units, and the remainder of the complex converted for residential use.

    3 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kington Museum and History Centre

    Kington Museum is a volunteer-run local history museum in the market town of Kington, Herefordshire, England. It opened in June 1986 and occupies the stable block of the former King’s Head Inn.

    2.8 km · museum in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St Mary's Church

    St Mary's Church is an active parish church in the village of Gladestry, Powys, Wales. The village lies east of Builth Wells close to the border with England.

    3.9 km · church in Gladestry, Powys, Wales · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kington Rural

Airports
Cardiff (CWL), 91 km · Bristol (BRS), 94 km · Birmingham (BHX), 94 km
  • Cardiff → Kington Rural
    80 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £10–13
  • Bristol → Kington Rural
    89 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £11–15
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Kington Rural
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kington Rural

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 Kington Rural. 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

    158 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    208 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    400 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    436 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    457 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kington Rural

  • Kingtontown and civil parish in Herefordshire, England3.8 km
  • Old Radnorvillage in Powys, Wales3.8 km
  • Huntingtonvillage and civil parish near Kington in Herefordshire, UK2.7 km
  • Lower Harptonsettlement and civil parish in Herefordshire, England3.4 km
  • Dolyhirvillage in Powys, Wales, UK3.3 km
  • Upper Hergesthamlet in Kington Rural, Herefordshire, UK1 km