Offa's Dyke, Knighton

Name: Offa's Dyke
Address: Offas Dyke Association West Street, Knighton, LD7 1EN, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1547 528753

#1 among attractions in Knighton

Top attraction, Visitor center, Ruins

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Facts and practical information

Offa's Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the border between England and Wales. The structure is named after Offa, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from AD 757 until 796, who is traditionally believed to have ordered its construction. Although its precise original purpose is debated, it delineated the border between Anglian Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys. ()

Alternative names: Completed: VIII centuryLength: 150 miWidth: 66 ftHeight: 8 ftCoordinates: 52°20'38"N, 3°2'56"W

Address

Offas Dyke Association West StreetKnighton LD7 1EN United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1547 528753

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Day trips

Offa's Dyke – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Clun Castle, Clun Bridge, Hopton Castle, St Swithun's Church.

5.4 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Clun Castle, Clun
139 min walk • Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire. Clun Castle was established by the Norman lord Robert de Say after the Norman invasion of England and went on to become an important Marcher lord castle in the 12th century, with an extensive castle-guard system.
5.3 miN
Bridge
Clun Bridge, Clun
136 min walk • Clun Bridge is a historical bridge in the small town of Clun, Shropshire, England dating from 1450 which crosses over the River Clun.
6.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Hopton Castle
156 min walk • Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the British TV series Time Team in 2010.
7.4 miNE
Church
St Swithun's Church
188 min walk • St Swithun's Church is in the village of Clunbury, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Clun Forest, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Bedstone, St Cuthbert, Clungunford, St Mary, Clunton, and St Edward, Hopton Castle.
2.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Caer Caradoc
68 min walk • Caer Caradoc is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in the south-west of the English county of Shropshire, near the town of Clun. It overlooks the village of Chapel Lawn.
7.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
189 min walk • Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
5.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Bleddfa Castle
139 min walk • Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and abandoned by 1304.
3.3 miS
Church
St Andrew's
85 min walk • St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Presteigne, Powys, Wales. It was first constructed in the 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons and retains elements of the original Anglo-Saxon church within a Norman renovation and later Victorian restoration.
1.8 miSE
52°19'31"N • 3°1'9"W
The Spaceguard Centre, Knighton
47 min walk • Observatories and planetariums, Museum
~660 ftW
History museum, Museum
Knighton Community Centre, Knighton
4 min walk • Knighton Community Centre is a venue situated in the Powys/Shropshire border town of Knighton. It is Knighton's largest venue with a current standing capacity for 650 and a seated capacity of 450.
5.2 miE
Forts and castles
Brampton Bryan Castle
133 min walk • Brampton Bryan Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the small village of Brampton Bryan in north-western Herefordshire, England, 50m south of the River Teme.