Ryeford
Ryeford is a hamlet in Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, England. Ryeford is situated nearby to the hamlet Pontshill, as well as near the locality Ariconium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Church of St John the Baptist.
Lea Bailey Light Railway
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lea Bailey Light Railway is a 2 ft narrow-gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom. It is built on the site of the Bailey Level Gold Mine. An attempt was made in 2003 by the owners of Clearwell Caves to open the mine as a tourist attraction, but this was ultimately unsuccessful. Lea Bailey Light Railway is situated 2 miles south of Ryeford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ariconium and Weston under Penyard.
Ariconium
Locality
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Ariconium was a road station of Roman Britain mentioned in Iter XIII of the Iter Britanniarum of the Antonine Itineraries. It was located at Bury Hill in the parish of Weston under Penyard, about 3 miles east of Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, and about 15 miles southeast of Hereford.
Weston under Penyard
Village
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Weston under Penyard is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 1,000. It lies on the A40 road two miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The Penyard is a prominent hill.
Lea
Village
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Lea is a village and civil parish in the south east of Herefordshire. It lies south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoins the boundary of Gloucestershire. Amenities include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and a twice-weekly mobile Post Office, all of which lie on the A40 road which passes through the village and links Ross and Gloucester.
Ryeford
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.90175° or 51° 54′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.52396° or 2° 31′ 26″ westElevation
256 feet (78 metres)Open location code
9C3VWF2G+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6997390317OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13281785
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