Leominster (England)

Leominster is a market town, influenced by its proximity to the Welsh border. It is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of the city of Hereford and approx 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of approximately 11,700 people, Leominster is the largest of the five towns (Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington) in the county surrounding the City of Hereford.

By train

Leominster station is a small station offering two lines with 1 train per hour (tph).

• 1 tph heading northbound calling at Ludlow → Craven Arms → Church Stretton → Shrewsbury → Crewe → Wilmslow → Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.

• Additionally some trains stop at Whitchurch and Nantwich as well.

1 tph heading southbound calling at Hereford → Abergavenny → Cwmbran → Newport → Cardiff Central → Bridgend → Port Talbot Parkway → Neath → Swansea → Llanelli → Pembrey → Burry Port → Carmarthen.

• Mortimer's Cross Water Mill

  phone: +44 1568 708820
  address: Mortimers Cross, HR6 9PE

• Leominster Museum

  address: Etnam Street, HR6 8AL
  Interesting museum of the local area, with a gallery dedicated to Leominster-born artist John Scarlett Davis.

• Grange Court

  address: Pinsley Road, HR6 8NL
  Former market hall, built in 1633, and moved to its present location in 1859.

• Croft Castle and Parkland

  phone: +44 1568 780246
  address: Yarpole, HR6 9PW

• Berrington Hall

  phone: +44 1568 615721
  address: HR6 0DW
  A neo-classical hall and former home of the Cawley family with an extensive garden and parkland which was the last project designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Now looked after by the National Trust. Has a cafe, gift shop and second-hand bookshop.

• Hampton Court Castle

  address: Hope under Dinmore, HR6 0PN

• Milano Ristorante Italiano

  phone: +44 1568 610286
  address: 10 High St, HR6 8LZ

• Talbot Hotel

  phone: +44 1568 616347
  address: West St, HR6 8EP

• The Riverside Inn

  phone: +44 1568 708440
  address: Aymestrey

Map of places with Wikivoyage articles nearby

• Ludlow, a town to the north, in Shropshire
• Hereford, the nearest city