St Mary's Church, Hay-on-Wye

Name: St Mary's Church
Address: Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Hay-on-Wye

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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. ()

Coordinates: 52°4'20"N, 3°7'51"W

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St Mary's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge, Black Hill, Hay Bluff.

0.5 miNE
Bridge
Hay-on-Wye Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
13 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.
3.9 miNE
Bridge
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge
99 min walk • 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.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
140 min walk • The Black Hill is a hill in the Black Mountains in Herefordshire, England at grid reference SO275348. It rises just west of the village of Craswall, near the border with Wales.
3.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons
91 min walk • Hay Bluff is a prominent hill at the northern tip of the Black Mountains, an extensive upland massif which straddles the border between south-east Wales and England.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Twmpa, Brecon Beacons
112 min walk • Twmpa or Lord Hereford's Knob is a mountain in south-east Wales, forming a part of the great northwest scarp of the Black Mountains. It lies 1.86 miles west of the border with England, and around 4.34 miles south of Hay-on-Wye. To the northeast lies the Gospel Pass through which runs a minor road between Hay and the Llanthony Valley.
2.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Clifford Castle
63 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.
3.1 miW
Church
Maesyronnen Chapel
80 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.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
122 min walk • Twyn Llech, also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, straddling Brecknockshire and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
6.8 miNE
Park
Eardisley Castle
174 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.
0.5 miNE
Bridge
Dulas Bridge, Hay-on-Wye
13 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 miNW
Forts and castles
Hay Castle
131 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.