What is Tintern?
{{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Tyndyrn |constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Monmouth (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Monmouth]] |coordinates = {{coord|51.69677|-2.68142|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Tintern | unitary_wales = [[Monmouthshire]] | lieutenancy_wales = [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]] | constituency_westminster = [[Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouth]] | post_town = CHEPSTOW | postcode_district = NP16 | postcode_area = NP | dial_code = 01291 | os_grid_reference = SO530000 | population = 853 | population_ref =(2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129726&c=NP16+6QW&d=16&e=62&g=6496772&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428162316090&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-date=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409220906/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129726&c=NP16+6QW&d=16&e=62&g=6496772&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1428162316090&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> | static_image_name = Into the valley - geograph.org.uk - 1372412.jpg | static_image_caption = Tintern, viewed from the south }} '''Tintern''' ({{lang-cy|Tyndyrn}}) is a village and [[community (Wales)|community]] on the west bank of the [[River Wye]] in [[Monmouthshire]], Wales. It is close to the border with England and about {{convert|5|mi}} north of [[Chepstow]]. It is home to the ruined [[Tintern Abbey]], which is popular with tourists. The village is designated as a [[Conservation Area (United Kingdom)|Conservation Area]].<ref>[http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/udp/chapter10.html Adopted Unitary Development Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712212708/http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/udp/chapter10.html |date=2010-07-12}} archive access