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How to find us

Choose a method:

Road | Taxi | Hike or Bike |  Rail | Bus

Road

Postcode HR9 6DA.

1. Take the A40 between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth.
2. Exit the A40 at Whitchurch.
3. Turn south onto the B4164 towards Symonds Yat West for 100 yards.
4. At the roundabout take the B4164 south towards Symonds Yat West.
5. After 150 yards turn left into our car park.

Lorries, coaches, buses, and vehicles over 7.5 T prohibited on B4432 Yat Rock to Huntsham bridge, Goodrich: Gradient 1:5, narrow road.

Taxi

These local taxi services can carry a few bicycles:

• 01600 890998 JMC Taxis, Whitchurch (closest to Symonds Yat West);
• 0782 8882432 Kenny’s Taxis, Monmouth;
• 01600 712200 Amber Cars Travel, Monmouth;
• 01594 834834 CDS Taxis, Coleford;
• 01594 836757 Sovereign Taxis, Coleford.

The following services can’t transport bikes:

• 01989 566246 S & R Taxis, Ross-on-Wye;
• 01989 768738 Daz’s Taxis, Ross-on-Wye;
• 01989 563297, Alan’s Taxis, Ross-on-Wye.

Rail

Symonds Yat station closed to passengers in 1959, so use the National Rail planner to get to Newport, Gloucester or Hereford.

Bus

Use the Traveline planner to get to Ross-on-Wye, Monmouth, Hereford or Coleford, then:

Either

a. See Herefordshire Council’s public transport timetables to get to Whitchurch, Herefordshire:

Take the Ross-on-Wye to Whitchurch, Service 34; or Monmouth to Whitchurch, Service 34; or Hereford to Whitchurch, Service 411 (Wednesday only):

At the Whitchurch, Crown Hotel/Tower Stores bus stop walk over the bridge over the A40 towards Symonds Yat West for 100 yards;

At the Whitchurch, Roundabout/School bus stop walk south along the B4164 towards Symonds Yat West for 150 yards, then turn left into the Wye Valley Visitor Centre.

or

b. Take the Coleford to Symonds Yat Rock, service 709 (Tuesday and Friday only) to Symonds Yat Rock, Gloucestershire, and see our free O.S. Openspace map for the walk and ferries to us.

Hike or Bike

Use our free Ordnance Survey Openspace Webmap on your smartphone, or import the gpx overlay for a hiking SatNav.

Select the start of your walk to us:

• Biblins Youth Campsite map (or gpx file)
• Braceland Adventure Centre map (or gpx file)
• Camping in the Forest campsite map (or gpx file)
• Doward Park Campsite map (or gpx file)
• Forest Holidays lodges map (or gpx file)
• Goodrich Castle map (gpx file)
• Holly Barn Adventure Centre map (or gpx file)
• Monmouth (via Peregrine Path) map (or gpx file)
• Symonds Yat East map (or gpx file)
• Upperfields Farm map
• Welsh Bicknor Youth Hostel map (or gpx file)
• Yat Rock map (or gpx file)

Users must exercise their own judgement about suitability of routes. Safety on trails depends on personal capability.

We are at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference SO 553175 or 51°51’14”N, 2°39’01”W on:

Landranger sheet 162 1:50,000 Gloucester & Forest of Dean;

Outdoor Leisure sheet 14 1:25,000 Wye Valley & Forest of Dean.