Ross on Wye and the Wye Valley Home Page, Wyenot.com. Wyenot News - The weekly online news magazine for Ross-on-Wye., Herefordshire.
The place for information on Ross-on-Wye and the Wye Valley
WHERE IS ROSS-ON-WYE?
1
Ross-on-Wye, known as the 'Gateway to the Wye Valley' is an historic market town, located on the English side of the England / Wales border, in the scenic county of Herefordshire, or the South West Midlands. The town's sandstone market building is situated at latitude: 51.914 north, longitude: 2.583 west.

Overview Map

By car: driving time to Ross-on-Wye from London, Heathrow is approximately two and a half hours on the M25, M40, A40 via Oxford and Gloucester.

The town is approximately one hour's drive from Birmingham via the M5 and M50.

For those who wish to find places in Ross-on-Wye using GPS satellite navigation, here are some extremely precise British National Grid References:
Five Ways Junction: SO 60131 / 24475. Ross Market Building: SO 59902 / 24149. Swimming Pool: S0 59953 / 24428. Saint Mary's Church: SO 59781 / 24063.

By Train: Ross-on-Wye can be reached by travelling from Paddington, London to either Gloucester or Hereford and then taking a bus. (Travelling via Gloucester is by far the easiest train route, although Hereford itself is a much nicer city than Gloucester if you wish to take time to explore. A bit of personal opinion there, I guess, having worked in Gloucester for over twenty years.

By National Express: a National Express coach service is also available direct to Ross-on-Wye from either Heathrow Airport or from Victoria, London. (Taking the bus is cheaper than travelling by train.)

By Taxi: [Daz's Taxis]

For a photographic street map of Ross, please click here.

WyeNot.com Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire Contact

Copyright © Alan J. Wood, WyeNot.com 2000 - 2006. All rights reserved. Map copyright information below.
Map information copyright is as follows: Copyright © 1988–2000 Microsoft Corp. and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved. http://www.microsoft.com/autoroute © 1999 Navigation Technologies B.V. and its suppliers. All rights reserved. Selected Road Maps © Copyright 1999 by AND International Publishers N.V. All rights reserved. © Crown Copyright 1999. All rights reserved.