The Local Area
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Visit the Marcher castles, Hereford Cathedral, the Mappa Mundi and Chained Library, or great houses such as Berrington Hall, Eastnor Castle and Witley Court. The local black and white villages with their timber-framed cottages are well worth visiting. Close by are the gardens of Hampton Court, and the National Collection of Michaelmas daisies or further afield are Hidcote and Kiftsgate.
If gastronomy whets your appetite, sample the Flavours of Herefordshire. There are vineyards, cider apple orchards, cheese makers and ice-cream makers and even hand-made chocolates from Ledbury. The area now has a number of micro breweries producing an interesting selection of ales. Treat yourself to a weekend break at the Herefordshire Food Festival in October.
Interested in Morgan Cars? We are twenty minutes from Malvern, where the Morgan is built.
We are within an hour and a quarter of the Celtic Manor Resort, host to The Ryder Cup in 2010 and many numerous high-profile events such as The Celtic Manor Wales Open or the summer tennis tournament with celebrities like Pat Cash. Perhaps you might enjoy the Races at Cheltenham, Hereford or Ludlow, or grass boarding.
Come to listen to the choral music of the Three Choirs Festival, one of the world's oldest classical choral music festivals, held annually since the early eighteenth century, or the Jazz Festival at Upton.
Visit Ledbury Poetry Festival, described as the best in the country by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. Whatever your interests, you are sure to be able to indulge them from here.
Local Attractions Latest News
At a fund-raising occasion for a local church last week, we were lucky enough to win two theatre vouchers in the raffle. We are extremely fortunate to have the theatre at Malvern close to us. A twenty minute drive up and over the Malvern Hills will bring you to this renowned centre of the arts. [...]
Herefordshire Art Week (h.Art) is an open studio event, giving people an opportunity to visit artists’ studios and attend workshops and exhibitions. Divided into five routes, (Hereford city, East, West, North and South of the county), one can follow these artistic trails to see and (perhaps even buy) items of original art and talk with [...]
The Judge’s Lodging, a fascinating museum in Presteigne, (north of Kington) has been awarded the Sandford Award for Heritage Education - for the second time! This is from the judges’ report - ‘It is a refreshing change to visit a historic property and to be told that you are able to handle any of the [...]
Yesterday saw the end of the Poetry Festival. It finished with Jazz in The Feathers’ garden on Saturday evening, the music provided by Andy Masefield’s Jazz Band, and with the town party yesterday. The High Street is closed off and given over to merriment in the form of entertainers playing on an improvised stage, along [...]
There are a number of lovely gardens open to the public at this time of year, including these ones - The Garden at the Bannut, three acres of garden “rooms”, formal and informal. There is interest in every season, from thousands of wild daffodils to magnolias, rhododendrons, a laburnum walk and an award-winning tea room! [...]
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