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Cycling
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Tourist Information - A Sideways
Glance
(The Welsh Borders
is worth more than a sideways glance!)
General Information | Tourist
Attractions | Towns
General Information:
Tourist Attractions:
- 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 corbels) 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.
- 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, plus good restaurant).
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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