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.
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.
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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.
- 01Hergest 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 - 02Huntington 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 - 03St 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 - 04Church 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 - 05Stanner 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 - 06Kington 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 - 07Kington 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 - 08St 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 Rural80 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £10–13
- Bristol → Kington Rural89 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £11–15
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Kington Rural86 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £9–12
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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.
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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