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St Michael’s Church, Tintern – Bigsweir Bridge loop from St Briavels

St Michael’s Church, Tintern – Bigsweir Bridge loop from St Briavels

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St Michael’s Church, Tintern – Bigsweir Bridge loop from St Briavels

02:12

33.4km

690m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.14 km for 68 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.30 km

Coldharbour Road

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely Lane with a very steep lane which I would recommend going down rather than up !

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2.94 km

View of the River Wye from the Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful views over the lovely wye valley

Tip by

4.16 km

St Michael's church was built on the site of an important roman river crossing. There was a christian church here as early as 65AD, some 350 years before the foundation of nearby Tintern Abbey. A medieval church replaced the original church but this was eventually rebuilt in 1846 to what you can see today.

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12.1 km

Manor Wood

Forest

18.6 km

Redbrook Railway Bridge and Footbridge

Highlight • Historical Site

This is quite a dilapidated metal railway bridge dating from 1876 but it is in a really exceptional beautiful location. The bridge was closed to railway traffic in 1964 but has been kept open because of the footbridge. It is also a grade 2 listed building.

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24.2 km

Bigsweir Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

This is another elegant cast-iron road bridge that has been built over the river Wye. It was constructed in 1827 and is another grade 2 listed building.

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27.4 km

View of the River Wye

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; Welsh: It is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. It is one of the most dramatic and scenic landscapes in Britain.

The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The upper part passes through Rhayader, Builth Wells and Hay-on-Wye, but the area designated as an AONB covers 326 square kilometres (126 sq mi) surrounding a 72-kilometre (45 mi) stretch lower down the river, from just south of Hereford to Chepstow.[1]

This area covers parts of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, and is recognised in particular for its limestone gorge scenery and dense native woodlands, as well as its wildlife, archaeological and industrial remains. It is also historically important as one of the birthplaces of the modern tourism industry. The area is predominantly rural, and many people make a living from tourism, agriculture or forestry. Ross-on-Wye is the only town within the AONB itself, but Hereford, Monmouth, Coleford and Chepstow lie just outside its boundaries.

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33.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.0 km

6.65 km

3.67 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.7 km

11.3 km

2.23 km

204 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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St Michael’s Church, Tintern – Bigsweir Bridge loop from St Briavels

Coldharbour Road

View of the River Wye from the Bridge