Hereford

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Hereford (Welsh: Henffordd) is an historic cathedral city in England on the river Wye. The county town of Herefordshire, the city lies very close to the English border with Wales. A small city (population 55,000), Hereford nonetheless offers a great variety of attractions for the traveller.

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Understand

Get in

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See

  • Hereford Cathedral [1] - the Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert the King, established in 1079
    • the Mappa Mundi - an internationally important medieval map of the world, drawn in the 13th century

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Get out

Hereford forms a great base for access to and accommodation for the annual Literary Festival in nearby Hay-on-Wye.

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