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Abbey Dore

Abbey Dore
Abbey Dore Court Gardens.jpg
The gardens at Abbey Dore Court
Abbey Dore is located in Herefordshire
Abbey Dore
Abbey Dore
Abbey Dore shown within Herefordshire
Population 385 (2011)
OS grid reference SD3830
Civil parish
  • Abbey Dore
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HEREFORD
Postcode district HR2
Dialling code 01981
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
51°58′12″N 2°53′42″W / 51.970°N 2.895°W / 51.970; -2.895Coordinates: 51°58′12″N 2°53′42″W / 51.970°N 2.895°W / 51.970; -2.895

Abbey Dore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, known for Dore Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, expanded in the 13th century. The village is situated in the Golden Valley, and has a population of 342, increasing to 385 at the 2011 Census. Abbey Dore Court has large gardens open to the public in spring and summer.

Abbeydore railway station closed in 1941. It was on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye.



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