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The Best Attractions In Mordiford

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Lucksall Caravan Park

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Stonehenge

Royal Air Force Museum

Blenheim Palace

Sudeley Castle

Avebury Stone Circle

Mordiford is a village in Herefordshire, England on the B4224 Hereford to Mitcheldean road 4 miles east south east of the city of Hereford. This village grew up around an ancient ford over the River Lugg. The river is now crossed by the oldest surviving bridge in Herefordshire, dating in part to c. 1352 and completed in the 16th century. Mordiford is best known for the legend of the Dragon of Mordiford, which, some said, would amble down from its lair in Haugh Wood to drink from the confluence of the rivers Wye and Lugg near the village. Nearby is Sufton Court, a small Palladian mansion set in parkland. A heart shaped corn dolly is named after the vill...
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The Best Attractions In Mordiford

1. Lucksall Caravan Park Mordiford
2. Stonehenge Amesbury
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stoneheng...
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3. Avebury Stone Circle Avebury
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans. Constructed over several hundred years in the Third Millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape con...
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4. Blenheim Palace Woodstock
Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 adorned with a wreath. The station building was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Then the forecourt of the site was no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales only with a building company using some of the land behind the station. There were proposals for demolishing the b...
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5. Blists Hill Victorian Town Ironbridge
6. Sudeley Castle Winchcombe
Sudeley Castle is located in the Cotswolds near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England. The present structure was built in the 15th century and may have been on the site of a 12th-century castle. The castle has a notable garden, which is designed and maintained to a very high standard. The chapel, St. Mary's Sudeley, is the burial place of Queen Catherine Parr , the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, and contains her marble tomb. Unusually for a castle chapel, St Mary's of Sudeley is part of the local parish of the Church of England. Sudeley is also one of the few castles left in England that is still a residence. As a result, the castle is only open to visitors on specific dates, and private family quarters are closed to the public. It is a Grade I listed building, and recognised as an internat...
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7. Royal Air Force Museum Shifnal

Mordiford Videos

Wild Swim Wye

Wild Swim Wye

Featruing music by: Billy Bragg and Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

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Join us on an open water swim in the River Wye in Herefordshire. Situated in the Wye valley of Outstanding Natural Beauty the small journey to the swim site takes in one of the largest elluvial flood planes in Great Britain (the River Lugg Flats) and the Confluence of the River Wye at Mordiford. This stretch between Mordiford and Fownhope is popular in Summer. With woodlands to explore within the Woolhope Dome a 5,000 hectare expanse of ancient woodland in addition it's a magical spot practically on the doorstep of the city of Hereford some 5/6 miles East of its centre. A pleasant afternoon we met old friends unexpectedly kayaking from Hereford. The plan was to swim a bit of distance but alas the River Wye beckoned a more relaxed approach on this occasion. A gentle swim and meeting of meandering minds was the order of the day in place of a calorie burn. Indeed, the only thing burning on this particular day in Herefordshire's Wye Valley was the sun.

Additional Information:

River Lugg:

Wye Valley AONB:

Wye Usk Foundation:

Woolhope Dome:

Woolhope Woodheat:

The Moon In Mordiford:

The Green Man Fownhope:

Visit Herefordshire:

River Lugg Microadventure - Source to Sound - Day 1

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Day 1 - Hereford to Pool Hill & the Source of the Lugg

It's good to get out for yet another adventure. This time we journey to the source of the River Lugg to walk its length to the confluence of the River Wye at Mordiford 4 miles east of Hereford. Initially the result of a visit some years earlier the purpose of the walk was to enjoy a river we had swam and played in for life. Our curiosity was such that my brother and I had to know what the source was about as well as its length. This In addition we felt would assist an event (details yet to emerge) we had been and indeed are dreaming of on its banks in Herefordshire. For us any creative endeavour brings to the fore the process or that which lay at the heart of any manifestation. Here the River Lugg forms part of the process of connecting with the environment, which it is hoped will play host to the envisaged event.

The video is 1 of 6. All approximately 10 minutes long the soundtrack is excellent and carries you though some fantastic landscape on the English and Welsh border. We hope you enjoy the videos and find the information attached useful or at least interesting.

Music - Tracks List: Not the owners of the music. If requested we are only to happy to remove the Tracks from the video. Thank you.

Jim Keays - It's Because I Love You.

Celtic Woman - The Voice.

Gourd Woman & Eagle Heart - The Elders Speak

Nada - Bamboo Dub.

Additional Information:

Lugg Valley -
Llugwy Farm - Good people and friendly reception.
Radnor Forest - Great place to explore.
Presteigne & Norton - Border towns at their best.
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust -

The River Lugg LDW became part of a much broader exploration of the River Wye and a trilogy of river walks along this its largest tributary. To watch these videos or adventures follow links below.

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End of Term fun for Luston Primary School @ Oaker Wood leisure

Teacher braving all down the Zip Wire @ Oaker Wood Leisuire while year 6 leavers cheer her on.

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