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Welcome to one of our nation’s most
treasured and unique river
landscapes with a scenic beauty
which has inspired artists and
thinkers for generations.
Between Hereford and Chepstow a 58
mile/92km stretch of the River Wye
meanders through fertile farmland,
spectacular limestone gorge scenery
and dense ravine woodlands. Superb
wildlife, intriguing archaeology and
impressive geology led to the
government’s designation, in 1971, of
the Wye Valley as an Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Long recognised as an exceptional
landscape with nationally important
natural resources, the now tranquil
valley was one of the first places to
industrialise in the 16th-19th
centuries, fuelled by water power from
the tributaries and charcoal from the
woodlands. People traded goods up
and down the river and to markets
and ports world-wide. Meanwhile the
concept of 'the Picturesque' was
developed by artists and thinkers in
the late 18th century popularised
through the two day river trip from
Ross to Chepstow.
www.wyevalleyaonb.org.uk
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