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The ‘stay local’ regulations have been lifted in Wales, allowing people from across Wales to visit Monmouthshire and stay in self contained accommodation (including hotels with en-suites & room service). Most non-essential businesses are still closed, so please check before you visit.
If Covid cases remain low, visitors from England will hopefully be allowed on April 12th, as well as non-essential retail being allowed to open. Outdoor hospitality will then be allowed to open from April 26th.
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Due to Covid-19 the prices and opening times noted here may have changed. Please check the Cadw website for full details.
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Tintern Abbey is a national icon – still standing in roofless splendour on the banks of the River Wye nearly 500 years since its tragic fall from grace.
It was founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks, who were happy to make do with timber buildings at first. Abbot Henry, a reformed robber, was better known for his habit of crying at the altar than for his architectural ambitions.
A simple stone church and cloisters came later. But then, thanks to the patronage of wealthy Marcher lords, the white-robed monks began to think bigger.
In 1269 they began to build a new abbey church and didn’t stop until they’d created one of the masterpieces of British Gothic architecture. The great west front with its seven-lancet window and the soaring arches of the nave still take the breath away.
So grateful were the monks to their powerful patron Roger Bigod that they were still handing out alms on his behalf in 1535. But by then King Henry VIII’s English Reformation was well underway.
Only a year later Tintern surrendered in the first round of the dissolution of the monasteries – and the great abbey began slowly to turn into a majestic ruin.
Opening Details
Open all the time
Ticketed timed entry only.
2021 opening times.
April 6th - June 30th :
Daily 10am–5pm. Closed 1pm–2pm
1st July - 31st August
Daily 10am–6pm. Closed 1pm–2pm
1st Sept - 31st Oct
Daily 10am–5pm. Closed 1pm–2pm
1st November - 28th February
Daily 10am–4pm. Closed 1pm–2pm
Closed 24, 25, 26 December and 1 January
Prices
Prices from April 2020 to March 2021:
Adult - £7.70
Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) - £21.60
Seniors £6.10
Juniors (Aged 5–17) / NUS / Armed Forces and Veterans - £4.60
Children under 5 - Free
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Directions
Map reference: SO 533000 Lat: 51.69749 Long: -2.67667
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.
Parking: free
Accessible by Public Transport: 5.5 miles from Chepstow station
Nearby
Facilities
Baby changing facilities
Coach parties accepted
Disabled toilets
Gift shop
Public toilets
Accepts groups
Children welcome
Mobility Accessibility Facilities
Dogs not accepted (except guidedogs)
Dogs accepted
Smoking not allowed
Hearing Accessibility Facilities
The car park outside Tintern Abbey is pay & display.