Saturday Open Doors: Ruin of St Mary's Church, Tintern

The Lower Wireworks carpark, NP16 6TQ, then a ten-fifteen minute walk.

The Lower Wireworks carpark, NP16 6TQ, then a ten-fifteen minute walk.

The Anchor / Tintern Abbey carpark, NP16 6SE, then a ten-fifteen minute walk.

No, sadly it is pedestrian access only. Visitors walk up a steep cobbled medieval pilgrimage path.

Yes, on leads.

Public toilets are by Tintern Abbey, to the side of the White Monk tea-rooms

Pubs, cafes, shops, Tintern Abbey, St Michael's Church, good walking - walk to England over the wireworks foot bridge or go along the Marian Way, the Angidy Trail etc.

There are plenty of pubs and cafes in Tintern open during the day including: The Wye Valley Hotel, Old Railway Station, Rose & Crown, The Abbey Mill, The Royal George, The Hub, The Anchor. There is a monthly food market in the village hall every second Saturday.

What 3 words: introduce.speakers.microfilm. From the A466 main road walk away from Tintern Abbey up to St Anne's House ; or from The Hub Icecream shop go up Chapel Lane on the right. Go up the footpath opposite St Tewdric's and the church is on the left.

Yes, the number 69 bus from Monmouth to Chepstow stops outside the village store / Royal George. St Mary's is then a short walk to the right of The Hub Icecream shop, up Chapel Lane and the first footpath left up the hill. The church is on the left.