Urishay Castle Chapel

#4365 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Urishay Castle Chapel is a redundant chapel to the north of Urishay Castle, some 2.5 kilometres west of the village of Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The chapel is a Scheduled Monument, and is on the Heritage at Risk Register. ()

Built: XII centuryCoordinates: 52°1'56"N, 2°59'23"W

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Urishay Castle Chapel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Longtown Castle, Llanthony Abbey, Black Hill, Hay Bluff.

5.2 miS
Forts and castles
Longtown Castle
133 min walk • Longtown Castle, also termed Ewias Lacey Castle in early accounts, is a ruined Norman motte-and-bailey fortification in Longtown, Herefordshire. It was established in the 11th century by Walter de Lacy, reusing former Roman earthworks.
5.8 miSW
Monastery
Llanthony Abbey, Brecon Beacons
148 min walk • Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory. It survived until 1908, after which it was the home of artist Eric Gill. It is now holiday accommodation.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
87 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.
4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hay Bluff, Brecon Beacons
124 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.
7 miNW
Forts and castles
Clifford Castle
179 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.
4.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Mountain Hill
112 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.
6.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chwarel y Fan, Brecon Beacons
164 min walk • Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
6 miSE
Monastery
Dore Abbey
154 min walk • Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Abbey Dore in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. A large part of the original medieval building has been used since the 16th century as the parish church, with remaining parts either now ruined or no longer extant.
7 miSW
Archaeological site
Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, Brecon Beacons
180 min walk • The Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is located in the valley of the river Grwyne Fawr in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. Completed in 1928, it has the capacity to hold 400,000,000 imperial gallons.
4.3 miN
Forts and castles
Bredwardine Castle
111 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.
4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hatterrall Ridge
120 min walk • The Hatterrall Ridge is a ridge in the Black Mountains forming the border between Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales and Herefordshire in England.