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Tintern Abbey

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Looking for inspiration? Discover the effect of the ruins of Tintern Abbey, as the Romantic poets and artists have done in the past.

Historical interpreter, Simon Waterfield, invites visitors to explore the ruins of Tintern Abbey, and explains why the abbey has inspired artists and poets like Turner, Wordsworth, Tennyson and many others for over two hundred years - from the very first tourists to Tintern up to the present day.

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Tintern AbbeyTintern Abbey (Cadw), TinternCistercian abbey, founded in 1131 in the beautiful Wye valley village of Tintern. Remarkably complete abbey church rebuilt in the later thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, with extensive remains of cloister and associated monastic buildings.

Tintern AbbeyGroup Visits to Tintern Abbey, TinternCadw has a great deal to offer groups of all sizes.

Facilities

Accessibility

  • Disabled access
  • Disabled toilets
  • Facilities for hearing impaired

Children

  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children welcome

Parking

  • Free Parking

Property Facilities

  • Dogs Accepted
  • Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
  • Gift shop
  • Public toilets
  • Smoking not allowed

Target Markets

  • Accepts groups
  • Coach parties accepted

Map & Directions

Road Directions

M4 Eastbound Junction 23 & M48 or Westbound Junction 21 & M48. Leave the M48 at Junction 2 & A466 for Chepstow; continue on this road (signed for Monmouth) to Tintern and Abbey signed to right.Accessible by Public Transport: Chepstow station is 5.5 miles away.

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Tintern Abbey, Tintern, Monmouthshire, NP16 6SE
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