Tyndale Monument
Tyndale Monument
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Liz T
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Mar 2023 • Couples
A short but steep (and muddy depending on the time of year!) walk to the Monument from the roadside. Park in the layby next to the graveyard if there is room. If not, The Black Horse Inn pub is fine. The footpath to the monument is not signposted particularly well but just before the top of the footpath before the wooden gate, veer off to the right as if you were doubling back on yourself and the Monument will come into sight where the land flattens out.
The steps inside do not have a handrail or rope and it is narrow and very windy when you get to the top. Worth it for the views though!
The steps inside do not have a handrail or rope and it is narrow and very windy when you get to the top. Worth it for the views though!
Written March 24, 2023
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toolonginexile
Birmingham, UK167 contributions
Oct 2020
Shame the monument was closed but it was worth the walk , from North Nibley and The Black Horse Inn. The path was step and one route was blocked off by the council. Also there was a sign at the start of the walk saying the monument was closed, which might put you of walking. We walked to the junction with the Cotswold Way which took us to the Monument and fantastic views.
Written October 29, 2020
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Caroline M
Cheltenham, UK124 contributions
Jan 2022 • Family
Well what a day .
We tool our 5 year old son up to the very muddy walk to Tyndale Mount, and he did amazing.
He even climbed the 121 steps to the top of the tower and down
The views are stunning and definitely worth the walk on a nice day.
We tool our 5 year old son up to the very muddy walk to Tyndale Mount, and he did amazing.
He even climbed the 121 steps to the top of the tower and down
The views are stunning and definitely worth the walk on a nice day.
Written January 9, 2022
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FA
Southampton, United Kingdom109 contributions
Oct 2022
Walked from North Nibley to the monument. Great walk, not too strenuous with wonderful views from the top. The monument itself is in memory of William Tyndale who translated the Bible into English with the sole purpose of "his countrymen" being able to read the Bible for themselves. Sadly we were unable to walk up the steps inside the monument as it was closed. Parked at North Nibley. Monument easy to see from the road.
Written October 28, 2022
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Hazel S
Worcester, UK18 contributions
Aug 2020 • Family
Amazing views, but we really hadn’t planned for steep and slippy conditions. Next time I’d definitely bring my walking boots and an OS map, as the signage is terrible- almost non existent. On the way down we took the wrong path and ended up on the route that’s closed due to a landslide. A few tricky moments and we were back on the safe path. But there needs to be more signage to stop being going the dangerous way.
Written August 23, 2020
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bobkat666
Colchester, UK323 contributions
Jan 2020
bit of a trek uphill so no good if you are having problems with mobility.
views are good over the seven valley and the bridge.
spiral staircase to the top.
probable a good idea to wear boots on anything but he driest of days.
views are good over the seven valley and the bridge.
spiral staircase to the top.
probable a good idea to wear boots on anything but he driest of days.
Written January 12, 2020
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Joe H
Bristol, UK155 contributions
Jul 2017 • Family
Okay, I'm biased. Tyndale is my hero. A Gloucestershire man with an astonishing capacity for languages and a gut-driven determination to overcome the opposition to his life mission to translate the Bible from original Hebrew and Greek into what we take for granted today. As you climb over one hundred steps to the top, reflect that Tyndale forsook family, friends and comfort to hide himself away on the continent and flood England with some of the finest scholarly rendering of scripture. So good, the 1611 Authorised Version committee quoted verbatim large chunks of his work.
At the top the view is spectacular. But what you see is a land freed from superstition and dogma. A land given a Bible in the vernacular. Tyndale did this - he imparted a view of life through his work that was denied most before him. After his life had been spent, the common peasant could hear God's Word in their own tongue, not veiled in Latin and of no use to them.
Thank you Master William Tyndale for your work. A tower is a poor epitaph but it will have to do. A better memorial would be a country that read your work and practised it.
At the top the view is spectacular. But what you see is a land freed from superstition and dogma. A land given a Bible in the vernacular. Tyndale did this - he imparted a view of life through his work that was denied most before him. After his life had been spent, the common peasant could hear God's Word in their own tongue, not veiled in Latin and of no use to them.
Thank you Master William Tyndale for your work. A tower is a poor epitaph but it will have to do. A better memorial would be a country that read your work and practised it.
Written January 11, 2018
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Happy-Baz
Bristol, UK85 contributions
Apr 2018 • Family
I can see this monument from my house but in over 3 years had never been to visit. Having my 16 year old son to stay was the perfect excuse for us to get out of the house together and go exploring. I parked easily by the graveyard at the bottom of the hill. It was quite windy and had been raining the previous day, so stuck to the public pathway on the way up the hill. It was a pleasant incline and walk and not too strenuous. After a right turn and walk along the flat to the base of the tower, I placed a donation into the box by the entrance (for upkeep) and we proceeded to climb the steps. There wasn't too much wind at the base of the tower, but by the time we reached the top it was very very windy indeed. Lovely views all around, but due to the wind, we didn't stay too long. With hindsight, we should have gone down the way we came up, but attempted to take a different path back down. Big mistake (although a bit different and fun, not to mention, muddy!). The path has a few muddy steps carved into the steeper slope, but these have mostly worn. We ended up sliding down the hillside and back to the original path, must to the amusement of other walkers! We enjoyed our afternoon out. I'm now glad I can say we have been to the top of the tower now.
Written April 5, 2018
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John S
Bristol, UK391 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
We parked the car by the cemetery, as recommended by others, then crossed the road and walked up the steep path that leads to the top of this hill. Near the top at a junction, you see a sign to the Cotswold Way and you branch to the right. The walk up from the road is quite a steep climb for 10 to 15 minutes but well worth the effort.
The views from the Monument are spectacular. We could see various landmarks such as the bridges across the Severn estuary and we paid the £1 to climb up the 105 steep stairs that lead you to the top of this monument.
This is an extraordinary story, thinking back to 1536 when a man was burned alive for the "crime" of translating the bible into his mother tongue, English, so that ordinary folk could understand it. I find this almost incomprehensible and I am very glad that someone built this amazing monument in memory of the brave William Tyndale so that he is still remembered and appreciated by us today.
Back at the car, and a little further down the road, look out for the Village Shop that sells ice creams!
The views from the Monument are spectacular. We could see various landmarks such as the bridges across the Severn estuary and we paid the £1 to climb up the 105 steep stairs that lead you to the top of this monument.
This is an extraordinary story, thinking back to 1536 when a man was burned alive for the "crime" of translating the bible into his mother tongue, English, so that ordinary folk could understand it. I find this almost incomprehensible and I am very glad that someone built this amazing monument in memory of the brave William Tyndale so that he is still remembered and appreciated by us today.
Back at the car, and a little further down the road, look out for the Village Shop that sells ice creams!
Written April 11, 2017
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David R
London, UK352 contributions
May 2015 • Couples
William Tyndale, the reason we now have a bible written in English, is remembered here at this striking tower on the edge of the Cotswolds. It is well worth a visit BUT Getting up to it is fraught with problems and dangers, so travellers beware! There is no access to it by road. The footpaths up to it deliver you from the obscurely signposted North Nibley village via a bridleway up the side of a steep hill to several branches near the top, some of which are precarious scrambles up dirt strewn slopes and rock faces. Along the bridleway, the mature trees, many affected by severe soil creep lean dangerously over the route you have to take. Not for the faint-hearted Geotechnical Engineer when the wind is high and the trees moan and groan.
This needs to be made safe or alternative access provided on a lottery grant or something like that.
This needs to be made safe or alternative access provided on a lottery grant or something like that.
Written June 2, 2015
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Patrick D
Rolle, Switzerland
can I stop a tour bus at the Black horse pub North Nibley
John S
Bristol, UK391 contributions
Yes, I think that would be OK. People could get out there but the bus may need to move further up the road to be able to park. There is space to park by the war cemetery which is about 200 yards further up the road.
Amarr15
1 contribution
I need to meet my aunt at the base of north nibley hill but can't find a post code online can anyone help??? Thank you
Julie W
Birmingham, UK40 contributions
Hi Sorry, I only just seen this message and prob too late now.
I have the postcode of THE Black Horse pub GL11 6DT which is right opposite the hill which I walked up to see the monument.
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