English Heritage sites near Hampton Bishop Parish
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
1 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
9 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
GOODRICH CASTLE
12 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
14 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
ARTHUR'S STONE
14 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
15 miles from Hampton Bishop Parish
A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.
Churches in Hampton Bishop Parish
Hampton Bishop: St Andrew
Church Lane
Hampton Bishop
Hereford
01432 274490
Interesting, picturesque Norman Church with a distinctive half timbered belfry on top of its tower. It has an unusual ground plan and medieval roof timbers.
Much of the original Norman building remains intact.
Unusual stone reredos in north chapel.
Impressive Victorian stained glass including a window by Thomas William Camm.
Outside is a 14th Century churchyard cross.
When he lived just up the road at Plas Gwyn, Sir Edward Elgar often visited the church and played the fine Nicholson and Lord organ. His Elegy for Strings op 58, was inspired by the view from nearby Mordiford Bridge.
The Wye Valley Walk goes through the village and passes within two hundred meters of the church.
Food and drink available at the ‘Bunch of Carrots’ public house nearby on the B4224.
Pubs in Hampton Bishop Parish
Bunch of Carrots
Hampton Bishop, HR1 4JR
(01432) 870237
bunch-of-carrots.co.uk/