Kington (Welsh: Ceintun) is a small market town in Herefordshire, lying on the River Arrow and alongside the Welsh border, in the shadow of Hergest Ridge. It is a popular stop-off point for people walking the Offa's Dyke Path.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]Kington has no train service. Buses run from Leominster, Hereford, and nearby towns.
Get around
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Map of Kington
See
[edit]- 1 [formerly dead link] Kington Museum, Mill Street.
- 2 Hergest Croft Gardens, Ridgebourne Rd HR5 3EG, ☏ +44 1544 230160. Mar-Oct: daily 11:30AM-5PM. 70-acre garden in the Welsh Marches. Adult £7, child free.
- 3 Hergest Ridge. Elongated hill, overlooking the town, and which traverses the border between England and Wales.
- 4 Arthur’s Stone, Merbach Hill, Dorstone, HR3 6AX (west of Hay-on-Wye). Open any reasonable time during daylight hours. A Neolithic dolmen burial chamber on a hill. Free.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]The High Street is narrow and can be a little annoying with traffic but contains a number of interesting individual privately owned shops rather than the national chains you find in many towns.
Eat
[edit]Check out the pies from the butchers on the High Street. The Burton Hotel (see below) has a good restaurant.
- 1 Stagg Inn, Titley, ☏ +44 1544 230221. A Michelin-starred restaurant.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Ye Olde Tavern, 22 Victoria Rd. on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Burton Hotel, Mill St, ☏ +44 1544 230323.
- 2 The Oxford Arms, Duke St, ☏ +44 1544 230322, [email protected].
- 3 Stagg Inn, Titley, Kington HR5 3RL (on B4355), ☏ +44 1544 230221. Upscale small hotel, 3 rooms in main inn (dog-friendly), 3 in Vicarage 300 yards away. Excellent food. B&B double £100.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]Map of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby
| Routes through Kington |
Rhayader ← Llandrindod Wells  ←
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W  E
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→ Leominster → Worcester |