Beautiful place with woodland walks, walled garden under restoration and the ruins of the actual abbey. Sadly, as the lady working at the walled gardens explained, the coffee shop and tours of the abbey were suspended due to a burglary and fire. Hopefully this will be reinstated for the summer season as I would say it would add to this... More

This is a nicely preserved and well restored ruin of a monastery. The tour is good and you will get an appreciation of Tintern and its place in history.

Myth is perhaps the wrong word - this is real history, and an amazing story of how the abbey came to be named after its famous counterpart in the Forest of Dean in Wales. If you don't know the story, it's worth looking it up. But it is certainly a retreat, hidden away as it is in a shallow valley.... More

Visited the Colclough walled garden again last weekend. We had been there just after work had started on clearing it and the difference is breathtaking. It's a huge walled area based on an original layout from the 1830s. We were met by Barbara Kelly at the entrance who gave us a fascinating update on what has been going on. The... More

I paid my first visit to the walled garden which has been opened earlier this yerar by a group of volunteers who have put tremendous work into this fantastic garden. It must be 2-3 acres in size divided into 2 gardens with a stream running through the middle of it. the borders are covered in flowers and many fruit trees... More

We have enjoyed lovely walks there with the kids and the visitor centre is small but very good, easy to incorporate it into a trip around the Hook peninsula.

Very interesting site. Partly restored, beautifully kept. Very interesting and informative attendants on hand. Lovely grounds.

This was a peaceful and enjoyable visit. The restoration was just enough to allow you to explore the heights of the abbey in addition to walking through the rooms. Just behind the abbey are trails and a river to enjoy.

It's really just a shell, interesting to see and in a pretty setting, we stopped by while doing a driving route