Photo of Hereford Cathedral, a cathedral in Herefordshire, central England.

Hereford Cathedral© Diliff / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places to explore near Hereford StationHereford

40 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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Hereford Cathedral

Cathedral near Hereford

Great sandstone cathedral on the Wye, home to the medieval Mappa Mundi and the world's finest surviving chained library.

0.9 km SW

Highlight

Museum of Cider

Attraction near Fownhope

Museum in the former Bulmers factory in Hereford, with champagne-cider cellars dating from 1889 telling the story of cider making.

1.4 km SW

Highlight

Wye Valley

National Landscape near Monmouth

A wooded river gorge winding along the Wales–England border, past Tintern Abbey down to Chepstow.

6 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Rockfield Spirits

Attraction near Fownhope

Small-batch distillery in Hereford making gin and rum on the site of a former cider mill, with tours and tastings.

0.4 km SE

Wye Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Following the Wye upstream from Chepstow's castle through gorge, orchard and moorland to the river's source country on Plynlimon.

1.1 km SW · spans 4 counties

River Wye

River navigation

Britain's canoeing river, running lock-free down its wooded border gorge from Hay past Ross and Symonds Yat to the tide at Bigsweir.

1.1 km S · spans 4 counties

River Lugg

River

A border river running out of the Radnorshire hills through Herefordshire to join the Wye below Hereford.

1.6 km NE · Herefordshire & Powys

Rotherwas Chapel

Chapel near Fownhope

Private chapel of the Catholic Bodenham family near Hereford, medieval at heart, with an Elizabethan roof and a Victorian interior by Edward Welby Pugin.

3 km SE

The Bunch of Carrots

Pub near Hampton Bishop

Traditional riverside village pub at Hampton Bishop, known for its carvery of Herefordshire beef.

4.3 km SE

Breinton Springs

Country estate near Kilpeck

A National Trust place in Herefordshire.

4.4 km W

Perry Hill Farm

Country estate near Kilpeck

A National Trust place in Herefordshire.

5.1 km W

The Weir Garden

House & garden near Peterchurch

A riverside garden carpeted with spring bulbs, holding the county's largest standing Roman masonry.

7.6 km W

Everything else within 10 km (28) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Herefordshire TrailLong-distance path8.9 km S
Poor's AcreNature reserve8.9 km SE
Oliver's Cider and PerryFarm & farm shop9.8 km NE
Queenswood Country ParkCountry park10 km N
Blackfriars FriaryFriaryaccess unclear0.3 km W
Hereford CastleCastleaccess unclear1 km S
Lugg And Hampton MeadowsSSSI1.3 km NE
Sufton CourtHouse & gardenaccess unclear6.5 km SE
Cage Brook ValleySSSIaccess unclear6.5 km W
Woodshuts WoodSSSIaccess unclear6.8 km SE
Holme LacyHouse & gardenaccess unclear7 km SE
Haugh WoodSSSI7 km SE
Scutterdine QuarrySSSIaccess unclear7.1 km SE
Aconbury HillMarilynaccess unclear7.6 km S
Cherry Hill WoodSSSIaccess unclear7.6 km SE
Perton Roadside Section and QuarrySSSIaccess unclear7.8 km E
Littlemarsh CommonSSSI8 km W
Common HillSSSI8.5 km SE
The Green Man InnPub8.7 km SE
Wellington WoodSSSIaccess unclear8.8 km N
FownhopeVillage8.8 km SE
Little HillSSSIaccess unclear8.9 km E
Sharpnage WoodSSSIaccess unclear9.1 km SE
Bishon MeadowSSSIaccess unclear9.2 km W
Grove Farm ringworkEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear9.8 km S
Thruxton TumpEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear9.9 km SW
Lea & Pagets WoodsSSSIaccess unclear9.9 km SE
Dinmore Hill WoodsSSSI10 km N

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.