Mitcheldean Turn

Mitcheldean Turn is a bus stop in Lea, Herefordshire, England. Mitcheldean Turn is situated nearby to Church of St John the Baptist, as well as near the village Lea.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Lea Bailey Light Railway.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Baptist is situated 580 feet east of Mitcheldean Turn.

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 1½ miles southwest of Mitcheldean Turn.

May Hill

Peak

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest. May Hill is situated 2½ miles east of Mitcheldean Turn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lea and Ariconium.

Lea

Village

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Ariconium

Locality

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.