Hope under Dinmore is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Humber, 33km from Gospel Pass.
Hope under Dinmore is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Humber, about 4 km away.
Hope under Dinmore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is on the A49 road, 4 miles (6 km) south of Leominster and 9 miles (14 km) north of Hereford, and on the Welsh Marches railway line. The railway passes under Dinmore Hill through the split-level 1,051-yard (961 m) long DinmoreRead more Tunnel. Dinmore railway station closed in 1958, but the line remains open. The church has a tower and is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin.
The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 343, increasing to 412 at the 2011 Census.
The 15th-century Hampton Court Castle lies east of the village. It was built in 1472 by Sir Rowland Lenthall who had distinguished himself at the Battle of Agincourt, taking so many prisoners that he was able to fund the completion of the building. It was later the ancestral home of the Earl Coningsby, and in the nineteenth century, passed into the hands of Richard Arkwright.
Within an hour or so of Hope under Dinmore: Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb (23 km), Morgan Motor Company (28 km), Hay-on-Wye (30 km), Gospel Pass (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Hope under Dinmore?
The nearest famous roads are Gospel Pass, A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth) and Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth).
Where is Hope under Dinmore?
Hope under Dinmore is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Humber.
Road trip
Drive to Hope under Dinmore
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Morgan Motor Company
The last family-owned British car maker in Malvern, offering factory tours where hand-crafted sports cars are built.
28 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Hay-on-Wye
World-famous 'Town of Books' on the Welsh border, packed with second-hand bookshops and host to a renowned annual literary festival.
30 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
Gospel Pass
The highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
33 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Symonds Yat Rock
A famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Waun Fach
The highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.
38 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Skirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)
A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
40 km · about 45 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Sugar Loaf (Y Fal)
A 596m conical hill above Abergavenny with a 360-degree view over the Usk valley and the Black Mountains; easy from the car park.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Hope under Dinmore
11 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
33 kmGospel PassThe highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
38 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
38 kmWaun FachThe highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.
40 kmSkirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
43 kmSugar Loaf (Y Fal)A 596m conical hill above Abergavenny with a 360-degree view over the Usk valley and the Black Mountains; easy from the car park.
54 kmA466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth)A wooded riverside road through a designated AONB past Tintern Abbey, gentle and beautiful rather than challenging.