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Birches

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Birches is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Herefordshire, covering 0.24 km². It is one of 70 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The nearest other SSSI is Bradnor Hill Quarry, 4 km to the north. Knighton Station is about 18.3 km away to the north.

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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.

1.1 km W · Herefordshire

Photo of Kington, a village in Herefordshire, central England.

Kington

Village

Border market town in the Arrow valley below Hergest Ridge, gateway to Offa's Dyke walking country.

2.9 km N · Herefordshire

Photo of Hergest Croft, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Kington, Herefordshire, central England.Highlight

Hergest Croft

House & garden near Kington

National collections of maples and birches, planted by five generations of one family.

3 km NW

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

3.1 km N · spans 8 counties

Photo of the River Wye, a river navigation running from Hay-on-Wye to Bigsweir Bridge, England and Wales.

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.

7.1 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of The Harp, a pub near Old Radnor, the Powys, mid Wales.Highlight

The Harp

Pub · With rooms near Old Radnor

A hilltop Welsh longhouse inn with wide views, named national Country Pub of the Year 2020.

7.2 km NW