Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey is Wales' best-preserved Abbey!

SEARCHING FOR TRUE BEAUTY?

Stop at Tintern Abbey, hailed as the second Cistercian house in Britain and the first in Wales.

DID YOU KNOW?

- Tintern was a popular subject for artists and writers including Turner and Wordsworth.

- The abbey was founded in 1131 by Walter fitz Richard of Clare, an Anglo-Norman lord. It was the second Cistercian abbey in Britain.

After the monastery was suppressed by Henry VIII, the area became crowded with cottages andearly industrial buildings.

HOW TO FIND IT

Tintern Abbey, Tintern,

Monmouthshire NP16 6SE

NCN ROUTE NO. 4 (200M/219 YARDS)

GENERAL INFORMATION

PHONE NUMBER - 01291 689251

UNDER 16s MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT

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