Rowlestone
Rowlestone is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England.

Rowlestone is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England. It is a rural area with agriculture the main source of employment, and had only 87 residents in 2004, increasing to 180 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Rowlestone
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.
3.1 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.
2.2 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.
3.9 km · church · Wikipedia - 04St 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 km · church in Llangua, Monmouthshire, Wales · Wikipedia - 05Pontrilas 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.
1.7 km · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church 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.
2.8 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Glyndwr 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 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 08Great 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.
3.2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia - 09Howell'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.
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.
3.1 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rowlestone
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 63 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 98 km
- Stations
- Pontrilas railway station, 2 km
- Bristol → Rowlestone58 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £8–10
- Cardiff → Rowlestone54 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Rowlestone95 km · quickest by road, 2h · £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 Rowlestone
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 Rowlestone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Abergavenny they continue to Hereford then either to Holyhead (for ferries to Dublin) or to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly.
From Wikivoyage: Abergavenny, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Rowlestone
Rowlestone is 54 km from Cardiff, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Grosmontvillage in Monmouthshire, Wales3 km
- Ewyas Haroldvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK2.3 km
- Kentchurchvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Llancillovillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, England1.8 km
- Dulashamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Pontrilasvillage in Herefordshire, England, UK1.7 km