Golden Valley

#5636 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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The Golden Valley is the name given to the valley of the River Dore in western Herefordshire, England. The valley is a picturesque area of gently rolling countryside. It lies in the lee of the Black Mountains, Wales. ()

Coordinates: 52°0'58"N, 2°55'37"W

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Golden Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Llanthony Priory, Church of St Mary and St David, Longtown Castle, The Weir Garden.

6.8 miSW
Ruins, Historical place, Monastery
Llanthony Priory, Brecon Beacons
173 min walk • Llanthony Priory is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It lies seven miles north of Abergavenny on an old road to Hay-on-Wye at Llanthony.
5.9 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Church of St Mary and St David, Hereford
151 min walk • The Church of St Mary and St David is a Church of England parish church at Kilpeck in the English county of Herefordshire, about 5 miles from the border with Monmouthshire, Wales.
4.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Longtown Castle
125 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.
5.9 miNE
Sculpture, Park, Vernacular architecture
The Weir Garden, Hereford
151 min walk • The Weir Garden is a National Trust property near Swainshill, Herefordshire, lying alongside the River Wye 5 mi west of Hereford on the A438 road. The garden covers 10 acres, and was the creation of its prior owner, Roger Parr, and his head gardener William Boulter.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Hill
143 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.
3.6 miSE
Monastery
Dore Abbey
93 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.
2.9 miW
Church
Urishay Castle Chapel
74 min walk • 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.
5.7 miN
Forts and castles
Bredwardine Castle
146 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.
6.8 miSW
Church
Church of St David, Brecon Beacons
173 min walk • St David's Church is a medieval structure at Llanthony Priory. Established as a church in the sixteenth century, and restored in the late nineteenth century, the church became a Grade I-listed building on 1 September 1956.
6.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Vale of Ewyas, Brecon Beacons
177 min walk • The Vale of Ewyas is the steep-sided and secluded valley of the River Honddu, in the Black Mountains of Wales and within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
6.9 miSW
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Court Farm Barn, Brecon Beacons
175 min walk • Court Farm Barn, Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire is a barn of late medieval origins which forms part of a group of historic buildings in the priory complex. It is a Grade I listed building.