Tintern
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Tintern () is a village in the community of Wye Valley, on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about north of Chepstow. It is popular with tourists, in particular for the scenery and the ruined Tintern Abbey. Modern Tintern has been formed by the coalescence of two historic villages: Tintern Parva, forming the northern end of the village, and Chapel Hill, which forms the southern end. The village is designated as a Conservation Area.
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- Locality
- Tintern
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 750
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.welsh_name
- Tyndyrn
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Monmouth
- UK place.official_name
- Tintern
- UK place.community_wales
- Wye Valley
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Monmouthshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Monmouth
- UK place.post_town
- CHEPSTOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- NP16
- UK place.postcode_area
- NP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01291
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO530000
- UK place.population
- 853
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image_name
- Into the valley - geograph.org.uk - 1372412.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Tintern, viewed from the south
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Tyndyrn
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 853
- Official website
- www.tinternvillage.co.uk
- Image
- Tintern Boat and Village.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tintern
- OS grid reference
- SO530000
- postal code
- NP16
- historic county
- Monmouthshire
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- The abbey
- Brass, iron and wire works
- The tourist industry
- Areas of interest
- Tintern Abbey
- St Mary the Virgin on Chapel Hill
- Water Mill
- Parva Farm Vineyard
- The Moon and Sixpence
- St Michael's Church, Tintern Parva
- Old railway station
- Walks
- Football
- References
- External links
Tintern () is a village in the community of Wye Valley, on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about north of Chepstow. It is popular with tourists, in particular for the scenery and the ruined Tintern Abbey. Modern Tintern has been formed by the coalescence of two historic villages: Tintern Parva, forming the northern end of the village, and Chapel Hill, which forms the southern end. The village is designated as a Conservation Area.
In 2022 the community was renamed from "Tintern" to "Wye Valley" and had boundary changes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tintern” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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