Wapley Hill

Wapley Hill is an Iron Age hill fort in Herefordshire, England, 3 km south-east of Presteigne.

Photo: Raymond Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in Herefordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Wapley Camp”, “Wapley Hill large multivallate hillfort and pillow mounds 150m north of Warren House.”, and “Wapley Hillfort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Shire Hall.

Church of St Peter

Church

Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Peter is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wapley Hill.

The Shire Hall is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales. The building incorporates a well-preserved courtroom and a museum known as "the Judge's Lodging". Once the judicial centre for Radnorshire, is a Grade II* listed building. Shire Hall is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wapley Hill.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Fabian Musto, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 2 miles northeast of Wapley Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Combe and Titley.

Combe

Hamlet

Combe is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire on the border with Wales. The village lies 4 km east of Presteigne near the confluence of the Hindwell Brook and the River Lugg.

Titley

Village

Photo: Phil Catterall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Titley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It lies on the B4355 between Kington and Presteigne. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 167, increasing to 261 at the 2011 Census. Titley is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wapley Hill.

Byton

Hamlet

Photo: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Byton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Byton is situated on the River Lugg, near the border with Wales. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 93, increasing to 184 at the 2011 census. Byton is situated 2 miles northeast of Wapley Hill.

Wapley Hill

Categories: contour fort, grassland, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Staunton on Arrow, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.25668° or 52° 15′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.95973° or 2° 57′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C4V724R+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 285769372

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

Wikidata ID

Q16902889

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