--- title: "Rowlestone – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Rowlestone, United Kingdom: Rowlestone is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England. Nearby: Grosmont Castle, Ewyas Harold…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rowlestone" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rowlestone.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Various_elements_of_Praearcturus_gigas.jpg/1920px-Various_elements_of_Praearcturus_gigas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in Herefordshire, England · United Kingdom # Rowlestone Rowlestone is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire in England. ![Rowlestone](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Various_elements_of_Praearcturus_gigas.jpg/1920px-Various_elements_of_Praearcturus_gigas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Rowlestone · Richard J. Howard, Russell J. Garwood, Gregory D. Edgecombe, David A.… The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowlestone), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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. 3.1 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. 2.2 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. 3.9 km · church · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dore_Abbey) 4. 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 km · church in Llangua, Monmouthshire, Wales · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Church,_Llangua) 5. 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. 1.7 km · building in Kentchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontrilas_Court) 6. 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. 2.8 km · church building in Kenderchurch, Herefordshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Kenderchurch) 7. 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 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_House,_Grosmont) 8. 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. 3.2 km · house in Grosmont, Monmouthshire · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tresenny_Farmhouse) 9. Howell'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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell%27s_House,_Grosmont) 10. Town 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Farm,_Grosmont) 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 Rowlestone **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 63 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 98 km\ **Stations:** Pontrilas railway station, 2 km\ - Bristol → Rowlestone 58 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £8–10 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-rowlestone) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Rowlestone) - Cardiff → Rowlestone 54 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-rowlestone) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Rowlestone) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Rowlestone 95 km · quickest by road, 2h · £13–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-rowlestone) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Rowlestone) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Rowlestone) 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 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Abergavenny they continue to Hereford then either to Holyhead (for ferries to Dublin) or to Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. From [Wikivoyage: Abergavenny](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abergavenny), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 148 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 431 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 467 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 480 km If you know how people move in Rowlestone – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Crowlestone&title=Rowlestone&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Frowlestone), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Rowlestone Rowlestone is 54 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 km - [Ewyas Harold](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ewyas-harold) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 2.3 km - [Kentchurch](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kentchurch) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 3.8 km - [Llancillo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/llancillo) village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England 1.8 km - [Dulas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dulas) hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK 3.3 km - [Pontrilas](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pontrilas) village in Herefordshire, England, UK 1.7 km [The place page for Rowlestone](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/rowlestone) [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/rowlestone, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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