Located in the former court house and police station, Weobley Museum celebrates and illustrates the fascinating history of this black and white village. The main focus of our displays in 2026 is Broad Street, the commercial centre of village life, running between...
MONDAY 11 MAY
Wellington Dovecote
In Wellington, the Stocks House dovecote is a very fine example of a dovecote. It’s early 18th century, octagonal with “diaper patterns in flared headers” – the brickwork patterns outside. The interior is circular and there are row upon row of nests, reaching all...
Tour of Knights Templar Church
HISTORICAL GARWAY The earliest record of a monastery in Garway is 615 AD, but it was with the arrival of the Knights Templar in 1180 that the history of the church becomes clearer. The first stone built Church on the site of the present church was established around...
Blanche Parry & Queen Elizabeth I
Blanche Parry was Queen Elizabeth I's confidante and the unique Bacton Altar Cloth was allowed to come to Bacton by the Queen presumably in memory of her friend. It is the only surviving example in the world, from the period, of direct embroidery. The white silk is...
Historic Hereford Guided Walks
Hereford is a historic Cathedral City with a fascinating past and a busy present. Its origins lie in the 7th century and its strategic site on the Wye, in the much-disputed borderland between England and Wales, made it as important to the Saxons as to the Normans and...
Horse Drawn Tramways
The early tramways of the Wye Valley were a short-lived transport system of horse-drawn waggons on rails operating from the late eighteenth century to the introduction of steam locomotives, primarily used for transporting goods such as coal, lime and minerals.
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Located in the former court house and police station, Weobley Museum celebrates and illustrates the fascinating history of this black and white village. The main focus of our displays in 2026 is Broad Street, the commercial centre of village life, running between...
Wellington Dovecote
In Wellington, the Stocks House dovecote is a very fine example of a dovecote. It’s early 18th century, octagonal with “diaper patterns in flared headers” – the brickwork patterns outside. The interior is circular and there are row upon row of nests, reaching all...
Tour of Knights Templar Church
HISTORICAL GARWAY The earliest record of a monastery in Garway is 615 AD, but it was with the arrival of the Knights Templar in 1180 that the history of the church becomes clearer. The first stone built Church on the site of the present church was established around...
Blanche Parry & Queen Elizabeth I
Blanche Parry was Queen Elizabeth I's confidante and the unique Bacton Altar Cloth was allowed to come to Bacton by the Queen presumably in memory of her friend. It is the only surviving example in the world, from the period, of direct embroidery. The white silk is...
Historic Hereford Guided Walks
Hereford is a historic Cathedral City with a fascinating past and a busy present. Its origins lie in the 7th century and its strategic site on the Wye, in the much-disputed borderland between England and Wales, made it as important to the Saxons as to the Normans and...
Horse Drawn Tramways
The early tramways of the Wye Valley were a short-lived transport system of horse-drawn waggons on rails operating from the late eighteenth century to the introduction of steam locomotives, primarily used for transporting goods such as coal, lime and minerals.