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We are off to Worcestershire for a weeks holiday soon, a place called Bishops Frome near to Worcester. Never been to this area before so any suggestions as to what to do & where to eat etc would be much appreciated.
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Dont get lost for a start. Bishops Frome is in Herefordshire, not Worcester.
Leominster & Castle, The Malverns, Hereford Cathedral and the chained library, (mapa mundi), the morgan factory (book) Severn valley railway, worcester ceramics museum
Last edited by: Zero on Sun 11 Aug 13 at 16:23
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At random the Mappa Mundi at Hereford Cathedral
www.herefordcathedral.org/visit-us/mappa-mundi-1
While there, the Butter Market in Hereford if you like Victorian buildings.
Ledbury is pleasant on market days, Tuesday & Saturday IIRC.
If I need shoes, I bargain hunt at Herring Shoes in Ross on Wye if I'm near.
If you're in the National Trust, or even if you're not, you'll be near Brockhampton Estate - nice old manor house, though quite small, and some good walks. Croome is also nearby at Great Malvern, quite interesting and an unusual 1940s NAAFI canteen style caff for the tea and pee. And there's a restored 17th century merchant's house in Worcester, called Greyfriars House.
Pubs I have liked - the Live and Let Live, Bringsty Common; the Nag's Head, Bank Street Malvern; Three Kings, Hanley Castle (the first two for proper beer and food, the last for time travel to an earlier age.
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Don't forget the Foley Arms in Great Malvern.
tinyurl.com/lyzf4cy
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>> Don't forget the Foley Arms in Great Malvern.
Had a steak there last year. Wasn't bad, and the accompanying pint was included in the very moderate price.
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Foley Arms is a Wetherspoons so you will like the food and beer but maybe not your fellow drinkers!
Last edited by: Meldrew on Mon 12 Aug 13 at 07:28
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>> Foley Arms is a Wetherspoons so you will like the food and beer but maybe
>> not your fellow drinkers!
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Oh, I don't know! Manatee isn't that bad when you get to know him!
;-)
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Head north - Ludlow is a lovely town, jam packed with Anglo Welsh history and lovely indeie shops to qrite home about. I love the road ove the Wreckin to Craven Arms - some tremendous views.
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A tour of the morgan factory. You need to book in advance.
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>> Head north - Ludlow is a lovely town, jam packed with Anglo Welsh history and
>> lovely indeie shops
Sadly the nearest Wetherspoons is in Leominster, nearly ten miles away!
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>> Sadly the nearest Wetherspoons is in Leominster, nearly ten miles away!
The Church Inn in Ludlow is good though.
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>> Head north - Ludlow is a lovely town
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Yes I agree, Ludlow is a cracking place. Ludlow food centre sell some fantastic food too - at a price !
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Think it's coming up to the Ludlow food festival. It will be promoted in the Telegraph.
It's pornography for fat people!
8o)
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>> Think it's coming up to the Ludlow food festival. It will be promoted in the
>> Telegraph.
>> It's pornography for fat people!
13th-15th September.
The Abergavenny one is 21st-22nd - done that one, very good - cheese, pork pies, beer...
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>> The Abergavenny one is 21st-22nd - done that one, very good - cheese, pork pies,
>> beer...
I know one person that wouldn't get further than here, fine ale and gastronomic titan that he is.
www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-coliseum
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In Monmouth, about eight miles from Abergavenny there is a fine hotel with well kept beer, good value food and comfy beds here:-
tinyurl.com/mfxvgf5
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Holiday advice - Zero
