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Icons of Music, Theatre and TV the last women in England to be punished
Look out for Herefordshire’s latest with a ducking stool, which now resides in
The Priory. Look out for the Black Shucks
celebrity resident, actress Maxine Peake
of ‘Dinnerladies’ fame, rub shoulders with who are said to roam around Pembridge.
writer Gareth Plumley, actress and model The bronze statue of Fly ‘The Walking Dog
of Kington’ stands outside the museum in
Liz Hurley or The Grand Tour’s Richard
Hammond. Kate Bliss from Bargain Hunt the town and Hergest Court harbours the
and Flog It, and Escape to the Country’s horrible history of Black Vaughan and his
Jules Hudson are often seen out and about vicious bloodhound, said to have inspired
and actress Jessica Raine from BBC’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write The Hound
‘Call the Midwife’ often pops back to her of the Baskervilles. At Hellens Manor you’ll
childhood stomping ground. hear the sad love story of Hetty Walwyn
who was hidden away in her bedchamber
Spot the musical vibes of Bez from The for thirty years for choosing the wrong
Happy Mondays, Suggs from Madness beau. Hauntings, exorcisms and unaided
and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin who bells ringing at St Mary’s Church, Avenbury
enjoy a tipple in their Herefordshire locals. near Bromyard has sent shivers up many a
Herefordshire indeed birthed ‘All the spine and a ghostly courting couple have
Young Dudes’! Notably 70s band Mott the been seen at 17C Alton Court near Ross-
Hoople, Martin Chambers; drummer of on-Wye, the result of a tragic love affair.
The Pretenders, Ellie Goulding, and Whether it’s Mermaids in Marden, bare-
Jake of Diamonds; fi nalist on ‘The Voice.’ knuckle champions in Woolhope, Dragons
Screen Tourism in Mordiford, the Apple Tree
Man in the cider orchards to
A premier hub for screen tourism, the Knights Templar on
Herefordshire is currently hosting the Garway Hill, the county is a
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tapestry of tantalising tales
tapestry of tantalising tales
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Travel to Leominster for tales of Merewald
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‘The Lion King’ and Jenny Pipes one of