Church of St Oudoceus, Letcombe Valley

Name: Church of St Oudoceus
Address: Letcombe Valley, United Kingdom

#14 among attractions in Letcombe Valley

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The Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo, Monmouthshire is a parish church built in 1859–1861. The church is dedicated to St Oudoceus, an early Bishop of Llandaff who retired to Llandogo and was reputed to have died there in about AD 700. Designed by the ecclesiastical architect John Pollard Seddon, the church has a notable painted interior. It is an active parish church and a Grade II* listed building. ()

Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 51°44'0"N, 2°41'12"W

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Letcombe Valley United Kingdom

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Church of St Oudoceus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tintern Abbey, St Briavels Castle, Clearwell Caves, Puzzlewood.

2.6 miS
Cistercian site with iconic Gothic ruins
Tintern Abbey, Tintern
66 min walk • Tintern Abbey, a hauntingly beautiful relic of ecclesiastical grandeur, stands serenely in the village of Tintern, United Kingdom. Founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, in 1131, this former Cistercian monastery is a testament to the architectural prowess of the...
2 miE
Forts and castles
St Briavels Castle, Lydney
51 min walk • St Briavels Castle is a moated Norman castle at St Briavels in the English county of Gloucestershire. The castle is noted for its huge Edwardian gatehouse that guards the entrance.
4.1 miNE
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
105 min walk • Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. It now operates primarily as a mining museum.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
111 min walk • Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
1 miNE
Bridge
Bigsweir Bridge, Letcombe Valley
25 min walk • Bigsweir Bridge is an 1827 road bridge crossing the River Wye, straddling the boundary between the parish of St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, England, and Llandogo, Monmouthshire, Wales.
1.9 miNW
Church
Church of St Nicholas, Letcombe Valley
48 min walk • The Church of St Nicholas, Trellech, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. The historical and architectural evidence suggests that it was constructed largely in a single building period c.1300. The style is Decorated Gothic.
4.8 miS
Climbing
Wintour's Leap, Letcombe Valley
122 min walk • Wintour's Leap is a noted rock climbing location and viewpoint. It is located near the village of Woodcroft in Gloucestershire, on the English side of the Wye Valley, north of Chepstow.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beacon Hill, Letcombe Valley
31 min walk • Beacon Hill is the highest hill in eastern Monmouthshire, South Wales. It is located 0.6 miles due east of the village of Trellech, and 1 mile north-west of Llandogo. Its crowning point at 306m / 1006 ft above sea level is marked by an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar.
3.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
90 min walk • Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a Gothic Revival house constructed from 1727. Built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris, it is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods, Tintern
60 min walk • Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods is a 69.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. The site lies in the Forest of Dean in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
4.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove
115 min walk • Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.