You are welcome at Dore Abbey
The Abbey is open every day of the year from 9am - 4pm (or dusk if earlier)
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Graffiti Gallery - Tower Roof
A dozen of the many additions to the tower roof created by cheeky visitors over the years. Can you identify any of them? We’d love to hear from you if you can.
Golden Valley Pilgrim Way
Walk this circular pilgrimage route along stunning ancient paths, beginning and ending at Hereford Cathedral. The route links the Wye Valley with the Golden Valley and the flower meadows and foothills of the Black Mountains. Once you leave the city and the Cathedral behind, this is a rich and silent land, good for the body as well as the soul, visiting apple orchards, sacred sites, ruined castles, holy wells, and Arthurian legends. For foodie types, there are hidden farms that produce local cider, whisky and ice cream. The gentle wooded river valleys (with wild swimming spots) contrast well with the mountain landscapes.
Video of bats at Dore Abbey.
The scene, filmed in infra-red is in the chancel atticwatching the dedicated bat entrance after sunset. The lesser horseshoe bats (LHS) are flying up to and back down from the exit checking the light levels (light sampling behaviour) and hanging from the rim. These are very pregnant (thus very large) females.
The warbling sound is their echolocation call heard through a bat detector, so shifted from 120kHz to our hearing levels.
You can also hear a rat-a-tat-tat-tat sound like stubble burning, this is the call of the Natterers bats behind the camera, also a maternity roost.
Total approx 170-180 Lesser Horseshoe, and at least 6 Natterers.
Largest number of LHS recorded here to date, a very important site.
New Leaflet
Thanks to generous sponsorship. by the Red Cow team, a new leaflet is now available to tourism offices, AirBnBs, B&Bs etc - please contact us if you’d like some.