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We think you’ll love a trip to Wynnes farm park and animal supplies just outside the town. With free entry and a cafe and gift shop, it’s a great place for the whole family.
As a ‘walkers are welcome’ destination, with stunning scenery all around, Leominster is a paradise for walkers and cyclists too. You can cosy up in one of the many bed & breakfasts and camping and caravan sites in and around the town and nearby villages.
Herefordshire is famously known for its Hereford Cattle but Leominster is also the historical home of the Ryeland Sheep and, whilst visiting, you simply must explore how the ‘Lemner Ore’ became recognised for its top quality wool, a must-have for the textile trade in the middle ages.
Tumbling with myths and legends, the folklore of Leominster has a magical aura, and the surrounding area does history by the bucket, with its own museum telling the story of the town’s heritage from Roman times. Add in magnificent buildings like Leominster Priory, which has many events and is known as a venue for plays and theatre and features the last surviving ducking stool, as well as castles to courts, and stunning Grange Court with its public green, widely regarded as King’s carpenter John Abel’s finest work, in the town itself.
Hampton Court Castle tucked away in Hope-under-Dinmore offers another great attraction with many seasonal events. Nearby Herefordshire Wildlife Trust carefully manage Queenswood Country Park Arboretum and Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve providing stunning walks and views across the county, a wonderful café and a picnic spot with the wow factor.
Step back in time and enjoy this most traditional part of Herefordshire.
forthcoming events
Leominster Medieval Pageant
Priory Church, Leominster
March
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March
Gardeners World Spring Masterclass
Stockton Bury Gardens stocktonbury.co.uk ............................................... May
Burton Court
Burton Court Antiques Fair
antiquesintents.co.uk
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May
Photography Workshop
Stockton Bury Gardens
stocktonbury.co.uk
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May
Leather Workshop
Stockton Bury Gardens
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May
Leominster Mayfair
Leominster
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June
Leominster Festival
Leominster
leominster-festival.co.uk
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June
Leominster Walking Festival
Leominster
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June
World War Two Weekend
Croft Castle
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September
Battle of Mortimer’s Cross
Croft Castle
nationaltrust.org.uk/croft-castle
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September
Leominster Apple Fair
Priory Church, Leominster
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October
Cider Weekend
Berrington Hall
nationaltrust.org.uk/berrington-hall
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December
Leominster Victorian Festival
Leominster
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