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Downton Castle

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Downton Castle is a designed landscape in Herefordshire, entered on the register of historic parks and gardens at Grade II*. The Albion Guide maps eleven registered parks and gardens in the county; this is one of them. The closest station is Ludlow, 6.7 km to the east.

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Photo along the Herefordshire Trail, a 154-mile long-distance path in central England.

Herefordshire Trail

Long-distance path

A circuit of Herefordshire's five market towns — Ledbury, Ross, Kington, Leominster and Bromyard — through orchard and hop country.

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Photo of Old Downton Lodge, a restaurant near Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire, central England.Highlight

Old Downton Lodge

Restaurant · With rooms near Downton on the Rock

A Michelin-starred restaurant with rooms in a cluster of historic farm buildings near Ludlow.

2.1 km W

Photo along the Shropshire Way, a 182-mile long-distance path in England and Wales.

Shropshire Way

Long-distance path

A figure-of-eight on Shrewsbury through the Shropshire hills, with the Wrekin, the Stiperstones and Wenlock Edge all on the round.

2.3 km NE · Shropshire & Wrexham

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

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Photo of Ludlow Castle, a ruined castle in Shropshire, central England.Iconic

Ludlow Castle

Castle near Ludlow

Great border castle above a handsome market town.

6.2 km E

Photo of Ludlow, a village in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Ludlow

Village

Hilltop market town of timber-framed and Georgian streets below a Norman castle, long feted as the food capital of the Marches.

6.5 km E · Shropshire