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
BBC2’s Escape to the Country was aired recently - the episode set in the Ledbury area, and we were somewhat relieved that we were not contacted by the BBC and did not appear in the programme, though we understand that Herefordshire’s very own vodka was included. However, we e-mailed Suzanne and Danny, the people about [...]
Beckford Fine Art, a local independent Fine Art consultancy, is holding a contemporary Art exhibition of paintings by local artists John Darlison, Colin Simmonds and David Williams between Feb. 2nd and 15th at the library in Ross-on-Wye. The pictures range from land and seascapes to portraits and still-life compositions in oils, watercolour and pastels. Many, [...]
Yesterday we found ourselves in the Sunday Times and Times Online! Listed under 100 Cool Cottages, we can be found at n0. 53. The listings are geographical, so the early ones are in the West Country and we are placed in the West Midlands, one of only 12!
These pictures by Nicholas Yarsley were taken for [...]
We still have availability in The Wainhouse for the Cheltenham Festival. The dates March 16th - 19th are in many people’s diaries, but if you are still wondering about an early Spring break, why not consider going to the races? There are a number of Championship races taking place over the four days, with the [...]
Are you fed up of the snowy weather? Why not look ahead to Spring and plan a short break? This year’s dates for Kempley Daffodil Weekend are March 20th - 21st; a short drive from here, the weekend offers the opportunity to join organised walks along the daffodil way or minibus tours of the daffodil [...]
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