--- title: "Pontrilas – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Pontrilas, United Kingdom: Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales. Nearby: Grosmont Castle, Ewyas…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pontrilas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pontrilas.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/82306_Holyhead_to_Cardiff_Central_1V74_then_to_Cardiff_Canton_Sidings_5V74.jpg/1920px-82306_Holyhead_to_Cardiff_Central_1V74_then_to_Cardiff_Canton_Sidings_5V74.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in Herefordshire, England · United Kingdom # Pontrilas Pontrilas is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales. ![Pontrilas](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/82306_Holyhead_to_Cardiff_Central_1V74_then_to_Cardiff_Canton_Sidings_5V74.jpg/1920px-82306_Holyhead_to_Cardiff_Central_1V74_then_to_Cardiff_Canton_Sidings_5V74.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Pontrilas · train\_photos The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontrilas), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Grosmont 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosmont_Castle) 2. Ewyas 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewyas_Harold_Castle) 3. 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. 2.9 km · church · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dore_Abbey) 4. Kentchurch 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentchurch_Court) 5. St 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Llangua) 6. 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. 0 m · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontrilas_Court) 7. 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. 3.5 km · Country house in Abbey Dore, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Dore_Court) 8. 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. 1.1 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Kenderchurch) 9. Glyndwr 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_House,_Grosmont) 10. Great 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tresenny_Farmhouse) 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 Pontrilas **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 63 km · Cardiff (CWL), 69 km · Birmingham (BHX), 96 km\ **Stations:** Pontrilas railway station, 300 m\ - Bristol → Pontrilas 58 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £7–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-pontrilas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Pontrilas) - Cardiff → Pontrilas 56 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-pontrilas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Pontrilas) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Pontrilas 93 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-pontrilas) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Pontrilas) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Pontrilas) 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 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. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 150 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 177 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 430 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 466 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 481 km If you know how people move in Pontrilas – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cpontrilas&title=Pontrilas&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fpontrilas), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Pontrilas Pontrilas is 55 km from [Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cardiff), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Grosmont](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/grosmont) village in Monmouthshire, Wales 3.2 km - [Ewyas Harold](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ewyas-harold) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 1.4 km - [Abbey Dore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbey-dore) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England 3.2 km - [Kentchurch](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kentchurch) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 3 km - [Rowlestone](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rowlestone) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom 1.7 km - [Llancillo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llancillo) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England 3.5 km [The place page for Pontrilas](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/pontrilas) [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/pontrilas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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