Wye Valley & Hay-on-Wye Private Tours

The Wye runs north from Tintern, where Cistercian monks founded an abbey in 1131 and left roofless arches standing above the river. Follow the valley up to Hay-on-Wye, the border book town whose second-hand shops fill old chapels and a castle, and which draws readers to its festival each May. South-east stand the Three Castles of Monmouthshire — Grosmont, Skenfrith and moated White Castle. Pack boots for the Black Mountains behind Hay.

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Wye Valley & Hay-on-Wye private tours

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Introduction to Wye Valley & Hay-on-Wye

The Wye runs north from Tintern, where Cistercian monks founded an abbey in 1131 and left roofless arches standing above the river. Follow the valley up to Hay-on-Wye, the border book town whose second-hand shops fill old chapels and a castle, and which draws readers to its festival each May. South-east stand the Three Castles of Monmouthshire — Grosmont, Skenfrith and moated White Castle. Pack boots for the Black Mountains behind Hay.

  • Tintern Abbey, founded in 1131 and roofless since the Dissolution
  • Hay-on-Wye and its second-hand and antiquarian bookshops
  • The Three Castles of Monmouthshire: Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle
  • White Castle’s water-filled moat and pear-shaped inner ward
  • Walking and riding country in the Black Mountains above the town

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