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Cycling in the Welsh Borders:
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Tourist Information for
the Welsh Borders
(The Welsh Borders
of England is sometimes known as The Welsh Marches)
General Information | Tourist
Attractions | Towns
General Information:
Tourist Attractions in the Welsh Borders:
- Kilpeck
Church - Small Norman church with exquisite sandstone carvings
portraying an extraordinary variety of animals, birds, people,
mythic creatures, and Celtic images, including a Sheila-na-gig
(on the corbel gargoyles) and a Green Man (either side of the
door and west window). Also note house-platforms of deserted
mediaeval village in field next to church, and scant remains
of the castle. Kilpeck village is 8 miles SW of Hereford.
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Gargoyles (Sheila-na-gig on left).
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Green Man. |
- Dore Abbey - If
you visit this wonderful barn-like church (once a great abbey),
stop and read the unfortunate wording of the inscription above
the lych gate. Abbey Dore village is SW of Hereford.
- Hellens - Probably
the most interesting of Herefordshire's old houses. The village
of Much Marcle is also worth a visit for the church with its
rare wooden effigy (inside, opposite main door) and the hollow
yew tree which can seat 7 cyclists inside (only works if there
are 8 of you - 1 to take the photo).
- Cider - Herefordshire
is famous for it's farm cider-making. Near Pembridge, in north
Herefordshire, is Dunkertons
Cider (organic cider & perry). At Much Marcle,
in south Herefordshire, is Gregg's Pit and Lyne
Down Farm (can visit both or buy a bottle from the village
shop at the A449 crossroads). Near Abbey Dore in the Golden
Valley, west Herefordshire, is Gwatkins (at Morehampton
Park Farm on B4347). See Herefordshire
Cider Route.
- The
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust - They have a reserve at Slimbridge,
Gloucestershire (at the southern end of the Welsh Borders).
- National Trust
- Own and protect some historic buildings, which are open to
the public.
Welsh Border Towns:
- Ludlow - Once the parliament
of the Marcher Lords, this medieval town with imposing castle
set on a hill overlooking the River Teme, is a must place to
visit. It is now a gourmet's paradise!
- Church Stretton
- Situated in a rift valley in the Stretton Hills, Shropshire.
- Ross-on-Wye - Pretty
market town in the southern Welsh Borders.
- Kington - Small town
on the border, near Hergest Rigde.
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