Museums & Heritage

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

Broad Street, Hereford. HR4 9AU

To get a grasp of the local history and heritage of Hereford, take a trip to this museum and art gallery.

Housed in a beautiful Victorian gothic building, it is crammed with artefacts and fine and decorative art.

Open all year expect Christmas Day, Boxing Day New Year’s Day and Good Friday.

Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 until 17.00

Free admission

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/info/200172/history_lives_here/648/hereford_museums_and_art_gallery/2

The Old House

High Town, Hereford. HR1 2AA

Built in 1621, this is an excellent example of a timber-framed building, and furnished in period days, it gives an insight into daily life in Jacobean times.

Open all year expect Christmas Day, Boxing Day New Year’s Day and Good Friday.

Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 until 17.00

Free admission

http://showmeengland.co.uk/hereford/tourism/the-old-house-hereford-herefordshire-england/

Hereford Cathedral

5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford. HR1 2NG

There has been a place of worship on this site since the eighth century, and continues to be a fascinating place to visit. Built in the early 1100’s, the cathedral is most famous for being the home of the Mappa Mundi – a treasure from the medieval period which records how 13^th century scholars interpreted the world in spiritual as well as geographical terms.

Open daily from 9.15 a.m. until Evensong

Admission by donation, with recommended £4.00 per person.

Full disabled access with refreshments, shop, and guided tours available.

https://www.herefordcathedral.org

Kington Museum

Mill Street, Kington. HR5 3AL

A volunteer-run local history museum in the heart of Kington.

There has been a settlement here for over a 1000 years, as Kington was situated on the route taken by drovers who crossed the nearby Hergest Ridge the town grew in importance as a market and still has a livestock market on Thursdays. It’s location, history and topography have fashioned the town into the centre it now is and this is reflected in the museum and it’s displays.

Discover how Kington came to be, from the first fossils and finds, Kington’s rich farming heritage, the model railway, Kington Tramway, Meredith’s Foundry, the war years, Kington Camp, shops and trades, toys and schooldays ………..and our elephant!

Entrance is free.

Open in summer months.

Tuesdays and Thursdays  – 10.30 until 4.00 p.m.

Wednesday and Saturday – 10.30 until 1.00 p.m.

http://kingtonmuseum.org.uk

National Trust Properties

https://www.nationaltrust.org. uk/days-out/regionmidlands/in- and-around-herefordshire

Croft Castle and Parkland, Yarpole, Leominster. HR6 9PW
1000 years of power, politics and pleasure in an intimate family home
01568 780246

Berrington Hall & The Weir Garden

Brockhampton Estate, Bringsty, Bromyard. WR6 5TB
Traditionally farmed estate, with the house surrounded be a moat dating back to 1530/1540.
01885 482077

Cwmmau Farmhouse, Brilley, Whitney-on-Wye. HR3 6JP
Superb early 17th century ‘black and white’ farmhouse with stone-tiled roof and vernacular buildings

English Heritage Properties

www.english-heritage.org.uk

Arthur’s Stone, Dorstone, Hereford. HR3 6AX
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber made of great stone slabs.

Longtown Castle, Hereford. HR2 0LE
A powerful thick-walled round keep dating from around 1200, characteristic of the Welsh Borders, on a large earthen mound within a stonewalled bailey.
Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains