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Photo of Tintern Abbey, a ruined abbey in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Tintern AbbeyPhoto carla / Pexels

Places to explore near Chepstow StationChepstow

55 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

0.1 km NW · spans 16 counties

Photo of Chepstow, a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Chepstow

Village

Gateway town to the Wye Valley, with a Norman castle above the river, surviving medieval town walls and the Port Wall gate.

0.1 km E · Monmouthshire

Photo of the Wye Valley, a National Landscape in England and Wales.Highlight

Wye Valley

National Landscape near Monmouth

A wooded river gorge winding along the Wales–England border, past Tintern Abbey down to Chepstow.

0.4 km N

Photo of Chepstow Castle, a ruined castle in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Chepstow Castle

Castle near Chepstow

Britain's oldest stone castle above the Wye.

0.5 km NW

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

0.5 km SE · spans 8 counties

Photo of Giant's Cave, a cave near St Arvans in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Giant's Cave

Cave near St Arvans

A rock-cut cave and cliff-edge viewing platform above the Wye, part of the 18th-century Piercefield picturesque walks, named for a lost statue of a boulder-hurling giant.

2.8 km NW

Photo: Eagle's Nest Viewpoint, a viewpoint near St Arvans in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Eagle's Nest Viewpoint

Viewpoint near St Arvans

Cliff-top lookout above the Wynd Cliff near St Arvans, the highest point on the Monmouthshire bank of the Wye, reached by a long flight of steps.

3.8 km N

Photo of Tintern Abbey, a ruined abbey in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Iconic

Tintern Abbey

Abbey near Tintern

Roofless Cistercian abbey in the Wye Valley.

6.3 km N

Photo of Tintern, a village in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Tintern

Village

Wye-side village strung along the A466 beneath the wooded valley slopes, best known for the riverside ruins of its Cistercian abbey.

6.3 km N · Monmouthshire

Photo: Devil's Pulpit, a viewpoint near Tintern in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Devil's Pulpit

Viewpoint near Tintern

Rocky outcrop on the England side of the wooded Wye gorge, giving the classic framed view down onto Tintern Abbey.

6.5 km N

Photo of Caerwent, a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Caerwent

Village

Village built within the surviving walls of the Roman town of Venta Silurum, with long stretches of Roman masonry still standing.

7.4 km SW · Monmouthshire

Photo of Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes, a garden near Caerwent, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes

Garden near Caerwent

Edwardian gardens near Caerwent with a rare underground network of tunnels, ferneries and grottoes, buried for decades and rediscovered in the 1990s.

8.3 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Wye Valley Walk, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Plynlimon, Wales and England.

Wye Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Following the Wye upstream from Chepstow's castle through gorge, orchard and moorland to the river's source country on Plynlimon.

0.4 km NW · spans 4 counties

Photo along the Gloucestershire Way, a 94-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Tewkesbury, south west England.

Gloucestershire Way

Long-distance path

Chepstow to Tewkesbury the long way round: the Forest of Dean, a Severn crossing at Gloucester and a climb over the Cotswold edge.

0.8 km N · Gloucestershire

Mathern Palace Garden

Garden near Mathern

Arts and Crafts garden made by Henry Avray Tipping around the former bishops' palace at Mathern near Chepstow.

2.6 km SW

Photo of St Arvan's Church, a church near St Arvans in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

St Arvan's Church

Church near St Arvans

Medieval parish church at St Arvans near Chepstow, of possible early Celtic origin and named for a 9th-century hermit.

3.4 km NW

Photo of Wyndcliffe Court, a garden near St Arvans in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Wyndcliffe Court

Garden near St Arvans

Arts and Crafts garden at St Arvans designed by Henry Avray Tipping, with topiary, a sunken garden and a bowling green.

4 km NW

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

5 km SE · spans 5 counties

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

5.5 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo of The Anchor Inn (Tintern), a pub in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

The Anchor Inn (Tintern)

Pub near Tintern

Pub set in extensive grounds beside the River Wye at Tintern, next to the abbey ruins.

6.5 km N

Hive Mind Mead & Brew Co

Attraction near Caldicot

Family meadery and brewery at Portskewett, near Caldicot, with a taproom and mead-making sessions.

7.2 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (34) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.