The Crown Inn (Hallow)

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

0.7 km E · spans 5 counties

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

2.9 km SE · spans 14 counties

The brick cottage where Edward Elgar was born, now a museum in a quiet garden at Lower Broadheath.

3.3 km SW

Riverside cathedral above the Severn holding King John's tomb and a fine Norman crypt and chapter house.

4.4 km SE

Timber barn raised around 1325 for the monks of Pershore Abbey, its huge crucks making it the largest cruck barn in Britain.

6.6 km SW

Berkeley family gardens where the Willmott sisters' peonies still flower each May and June.

8.1 km SE