Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge

#1545 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge is a single-carriageway, wood- and stone-construction in Herefordshire, England. The toll bridge carries the B4350 south from its junction with the A438, near Whitney-on-Wye, across the River Wye. It comprises two Grade II listed structures. ()

Coordinates: 52°7'13"N, 3°5'2"W

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Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Hergest Ridge, Clifford Castle, Maesyronnen Chapel.

3.4 miSW
Bridge
Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
86 min walk • Hay Bridge spans the River Wye at Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. Preceding the rebuild, the bridge was partly of stone and partly of wood, which itself replaced a stone bridge of seven arches, destroyed by a flood in 1795, and some remains of which form part of the later structure.
5.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hergest Ridge
140 min walk • Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys.
1.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Clifford Castle
37 min walk • Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north-east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Clifford, a Marcher Lordship.
6.4 miSW
Church
Maesyronnen Chapel
164 min walk • Maesyronnen Chapel is about 1 mile north of the village of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building.
3.4 miE
Park
Eardisley Castle
88 min walk • Eardisley Castle was in the village of Eardisley in Herefordshire, England, 11 km north-east of Hay-on-Wye. The site of the castle is a scheduled monument. This was an 11th-century motte and bailey castle with a moat around the bailey filled by a stream. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as being held by Robert from Roger de Lacy.
3.9 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye
99 min walk • St Mary's is an Anglican parish church in Hay-on-Wye, Brecknockshire, Powys, Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town upon an almost precipitous eminence, near to the River Wye.
3.4 miSW
Bridge
Dulas Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
87 min walk • Dulas Bridge spans Dulas Brook, a tributary of the River Wye in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales. The Dulas bridge, near Hay station, was a joint counties bridge—Brecknock and Radnor.
5.1 miE
Forts and castles
Bredwardine Castle
130 min walk • Bredwardine Castle was sited in the village of Bredwardine in Herefordshire, England beside the River Wye. Thought to have been built in the second half of the 12th century. By the 15th century it had become a ruin.
5.5 miW
Forts and castles
Hay Castle
141 min walk • Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late-11th or early-12th centuries.
5.9 miN
Sport, Sport venue
The Recreation Ground, Kington
152 min walk • The Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in Kington, Herefordshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1996, when Herefordshire played Wales Minor Counties in the grounds first Minor Counties Championship match.