Wye Valley Wanderer

Some 18 years ago, the Wye valley AONB and Herefordshire Council supported a Sunday bus which was lovingly called the Wye Valley Wanderer. It served Fownhope, Ross, Monmouth and Chepstow; amazingly it became a most unusual Pershore to Lydney service and unfortunately was lost in one of the wave of cuts some years back.  It was, in many respects, a modern day Wye Tour by bus and several of the then regular passengers loved every bit of the ride through a diversity of landscapes.

Now, the Wanderer trip, at least from Hereford to Chepstow, can be re-created thanks to support provided by the AONB. It has plugged the bus gap between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth (34) with a new five a day Sunday/Bank Holiday service that links in with the Hereford-Ross-Gloucester route (32) and also offers onward travel and back via the 69 bus from Monmouth to Tintern and Chepstow. A wide range of money saving day tickets are available on the route and Welsh and English concessionary passes are valid on cross border trips on the 34.

Find more details on the Wye Valley AONB site or visit Herefordshire Public Transport for a timetable pdf.