Pontrilas
Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales.

Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales. It is in the parish of Kentchurch and lies midway between Hereford and Abergavenny. In 2011 the main village contained 66 residential dwellings, as well as Pontrilas Business Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Pontrilas
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.
3.2 km · castle in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 02Ewyas Harold Castle
Ewyas Harold Castle was a castle in the village of Ewyas Harold in Herefordshire, England.
1.6 km · castle in Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Dore 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.
2.9 km · church · Wikipedia - 04Kentchurch Court
Kentchurch Court is a Grade I listed stately home 1,200 yards east from the village of Kentchurch in Herefordshire, England.
3.1 km · Grade I listed English country house in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England,UK · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
1.9 km · church in Llangua, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 06Pontrilas 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.
0 m · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Abbey 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.
3.5 km · Country house in Abbey Dore, England · Wikipedia - 08Church 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.
1.1 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Glyndwr Including Railed Forecourt
Glyndŵr House, Grosmont, Monmouthshire is a village house dating from the late 17th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 10Great 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.
3.5 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pontrilas
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 63 km · Cardiff (CWL), 69 km · Birmingham (BHX), 96 km
- Stations
- Pontrilas railway station, 300 m
- Bristol → Pontrilas58 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £7–10
- Cardiff → Pontrilas56 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pontrilas93 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £13–17
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Pontrilas
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 Pontrilas. 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 Pontrilas – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Pontrilas
Pontrilas is 55 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Grosmontvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales3.2 km
- Ewyas Haroldvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK1.4 km
- Abbey Dorevillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, England3.2 km
- Kentchurchvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK3 km
- Rowlestonevillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom1.7 km
- Llancillovillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, England3.5 km