Stanner Rocks

#6150 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Stanner Rocks is a rounded hill, steep in parts, which lies close to the Wales border with England between Walton and Kington. A superb collection of wild plants can be found here. Where it faces south, warm sunshine and drying winds create an ideal environment for plants which are more likely to be seen around the Mediterranean. The most famous of Stanner Rocks’ specialties is the pretty and elusive Radnor Lily, having small, starry yellow flowers. ()

Coordinates: 52°13'16"N, 3°4'45"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Stanner Rocks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kington Museum, Ye Olde Tavern, Hergest Ridge, St Stephen's Church.

2.4 miSE
History museum, Museum
Kington Museum, Kington
63 min walk • Kington Museum is a volunteer-run local history museum in the market town of Kington, Herefordshire, England. It opened in June 1986 and occupies the stable block of the former King’s Head Inn. The building was extended in 1988, 1991 and 2005.
2.6 miSE
Nightlife
Ye Olde Tavern, Kington
66 min walk • Ye Olde Tavern is a Grade II listed public house at 22 Victoria Rd, Kington, Herefordshire, England, built in the late 18th/early 19th century. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, and features a parlour, public bar, plus a side-room, into which beer is provided via a serving hatch.
1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hergest Ridge
41 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.
0.9 miW
Church
St Stephen's Church
23 min walk • St Stephen's Church is a Church of England parish church in Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. It was constructed in the 15th century in perpendicular gothic style on the site of a 6th-century church.
5.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
140 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.
6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhos Fawr
154 min walk • Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone. With a height of 660 metres, it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire.
5.9 miNE
Church
St Andrew's
151 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.
2 miNE
Prehistoric site
Burfa Castle
51 min walk • Burfa Castle is an Iron Age hillfort near the tiny town of Old Radnor, Radnorshire in Powys, Wales. The site is a scheduled monument described as a prehistoric defensive hillfort, and was included in an inventory of monuments by 1913.
5.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Wapley Hill
144 min walk • Wapley Hill is an Iron Age hill fort in Herefordshire, England, 3 km south-east of Presteigne.
2 miSE
Forts and castles
Kington Castle, Kington
52 min walk • Kington Castle stood in the medieval market town of Kington in Herefordshire, England. It was built in the 11th century and destroyed in 1215.
4.8 miNE
Town
Presteigne
122 min walk • One of the town's main attractions is The Judge's Lodging, a beautifully preserved Victorian courthouse and living quarters that offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal system of the 19th century. Visitors can wander through the historic rooms and experience the...