Ledbury
Ledbury is a market town in Herefordshire, England.
Get in
[edit]Ledbury lies between the Cotswolds and the Welsh Marches. Driving from London, take M4 west and leave at junction 15 near Swindon. Follow A419 / A417 towards Cirencester and Gloucester. Before Gloucester exit A417 onto M5 North (towards Birmingham) and continue as below.
From north or south, leave M5 at junction 8 onto M50. Exit M50 at junction 2 and follow A417 to Ledbury.
Hourly trains run from Birmingham New Street, taking 70 min via Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Worcester, Malvern Link, Great Malvern and Colwall, and continuing from Ledbury to Hereford.
From London, an occasional direct train from Paddington stops at Ledbury on its way to Hereford. But it's often more convenient to take the frequent fast trains from London Euston to Birmingham New Street and change for the Hereford train.
1 Ledbury station is north side of town. The ticket office is only staffed for the morning rush, otherwise use the machines. No toilets.
Get around
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See
[edit]- 1 Ledbury Market House, 3 High St, HR8 1DS. Built in 1617.
- 2 Eastnor Castle
- 3 Ledbury Heritage Centre, in the Old Grammar School on Church Lane. Easter to end of October: Th F 10:30AM-2:30PM, Sa Su 10:30AM-4:30PM. A museum about the history of the town’s buildings. Free.
- 4 St John the Baptist's Church, Upper Rd, Eastnor, HR8 1RA, ☏ +44 1531 631531. It was built in 1852 to a design by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.
- 5 Hellens Manor
- 6 Butcher Row Museum. Apr-Oct: Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM. It displays many items of local interest including reproduction helmets and breastplates that would have been worn in the Battle of Ledbury in 1645. There is a small collection of musical instruments ranging from a ‘hurdy-gurdy’ to a Tibetan pipe fashioned from a thigh bone.
Do
[edit]- The Big Chill festival takes place in the grounds of Eastnor Castle in August.
- 1 Electromagnetic Field
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Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 The Butchers Arms, Woolhope, ☏ +44 1432 860281. Th noon-3PM, 6-8:30PM; F Sa noon-8:30PM; Su noon-3:30PM. A Michelin star restaurant.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Westons Cider Mill, at Much Marcle. Founded in 1880, Westons is the county’s oldest commercial cider maker, with a Visitor Centre which conducts tours of the cider mills.
Sleep
[edit]- 1 Talbot Hotel, 14 New St, HR8 2DX, ☏ +44 1531 632963.
- 2 The Feathers, 25 High Street, Ledbury HR8 1DS, ☏ +44 1531 635266. Wonderful Tudor timbered building - mind your head. Great comfort, style and cuisine. B&B double £100.
- 3 Eastnor Castle
- 4 Up Sticks Glamping, Bray's Farm, Birts Street, Birtsmorton WR13 6AP, ☏ +44 1907 317717. Glamping in three large safari tents on the edge of the Malvern Hills. Double tent £200.
Connect
[edit]As of May 2022, Ledbury and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. 5G has not reached this area.
Go next
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| Routes through Ledbury |
| Hereford ← Trumpet ← | W  E |
→ merges with B4214 |
| Kidderminster ← Worcester ← | N  S |
→ merges with  |