place

Queen's Wood Country Park

Forests and woodlands of HerefordshireSites of Special Scientific Interest in Herefordshire

Queen's Wood Country Park is the only designated country park in the county of Herefordshire. A tourist attraction on Dinmore Hill, it has two components. Its arboretum is a 47-acre (0.19 km2) tree collection with over 1,200 rare and frequently exotic trees. Queens Wood's ancient woodland is a 123-acre (0.50 km2) lightly coppiced woodland to maintain a semi-natural habitat which is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserve (LNR). The site is managed by a partnership between Herefordshire Wildlife Trust and New Leaf.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Queen's Wood Country Park (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Queen's Wood Country Park
Sovereign Walk,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Queen's Wood Country ParkContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 52.1574 ° E -2.72435 °
placeShow on map

Address

Sovereign Walk

Sovereign Walk
HR6 0PY
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places

Hope under Dinmore
Hope under Dinmore

Hope under Dinmore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is on the A49 road, 4 miles (6 km) south of Leominster and 9 miles (14 km) north of Hereford, and on the Welsh Marches railway line. The railway passes under Dinmore Hill through the split-level 1,051-yard (961 m) long Dinmore Tunnel. Dinmore railway station closed in 1958, but the line remains open. The church has a tower and is dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin.The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 343, increasing to 412 at the 2011 Census.The 15th-century Hampton Court Castle lies east of the village. It was built in 1472 by Sir Rowland Lenthall who had distinguished himself at the Battle of Agincourt, taking so many prisoners that he was able to fund the completion of the building. It was later the ancestral home of the Earl Coningsby, and in the nineteenth century, passed into the hands of Richard Arkwright. Dinmore Manor, in a valley south-west of the hill, was founded as a preceptory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. The ruins are still visible on the hillside above the village. It is the private residence of mobile phone tycoon Martin Dawes and no longer open to the general public.Winsley House, in the west of the parish, is a Grade II listed 14th-century farmhouse with later additions.Most of the population of the village is centred in the housing estate called Cherrybrook Close, but the village extends up two roads, one of which leads to Westhope Common. The industrial and business park of Marlbrook is within the north-east of the parish, and partly in the neighbouring parish of Newton. This is where the Cadbury company has a factory that processes 180 million litres of fresh milk, 56,000 tonnes of sugar and 13,000 tonnes of cocoa liquor each year to produce milk chocolate crumb for the manufacture of milk chocolate.

Wellington, Herefordshire
Wellington, Herefordshire

Wellington, a village in Herefordshire, England at grid reference SO494481 had a population of 1005 in the 2011 census .The village is sheltered by the wooded slopes of Dinmore Hill to the north, close to the A49 and roughly midway between Hereford and Leominster. Its half timbered 'black and white' houses mixed with later types of buildings in stone and brick give it a strong regional character. A ford through the Wellington Brook by the church is a unique and picturesque sight. The local church is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch and is a grade I listed building.The village is a compact settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book. The community is enthusiastic and has recently built an attractive and very successful village shop with a post office and meeting room for hire. An enthusiastic group is mounting a bid to buy the village pub and restore it to success. Another group is developing a much needed children's play area on the sports field. Other groups are establishing accessible footpaths for the disabled. Wellington Primary School is Ofsted rated good and has a current roll of 73 children. It is in association with the forward looking Leominster Primary. The Wellington Social club hosts sporting events and is licensed. Extensive playing fields behind the school offer two full size football pitches with flood lighting and stands with covered seating. Also three tennis courts and bowling green. The village has a football team — Wellington FC — which plays in the Hellenic League. There are many local clubs and societies which meet in the Community Rooms run by the Wellington Community Association. Wellington Parish Council meets monthly on the first Thursday.