Kington

town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England

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.

Not to be confused with Kingston or Knighton.

Understand

Get in

Kington has no train service. Buses run from Leominster, Hereford, and nearby towns.

Get around

See

  • 🌍 Kington Museum, Mill Street. (updated Mar 2017)
  • 🌍 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. (updated Apr 2021)
  • 🌍 Hergest Ridge. Elongated hill, overlooking the town, and which traverses the border between England and Wales. (updated Jun 2018)
Arthur's Stone
  • 🌍 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. (updated Oct 2020)

Do

Buy

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

Check out the pies from the butchers on the High Street. The Burton Hotel (see below) has a good restaurant.

Drink

  • 🌍 Ye Olde Tavern, 22 Victoria Rd. on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. (updated Mar 2017)

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Map of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby

Routes through Kington
Rhayader ← Llandrindod Wells Wales ←  W  E  → Leominster → Worcester


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