Herefordshire: See
Arthur’s Stone at Dorstone, South of Kington, is a Neolithic dolmen burial chamber on a hill.
Yat Rock, near Ross-on-Wye, is a 120-m-high natural rock escarpment with an awesome panoramic view. A forested park area has trails to a high viewpoint with picturesque views of the river.
There are five Iron Age hill forts inside the county; two most significant are at Capler near Fownhope, and Dinedor south of Hereford. In 2008, contractors building a new road unearthed a 60-m-long Neolithic ceremonial ‘burial path’ linking the Dinedor hill fort with a bank of the River Wye.
Explore the castles. Herefordshire was, until the late Middle Ages, a battle ground between the Welsh and the English. There are 12 extant castles listed in the county. Eastnor Castle near Ledbury is a mock Tudor castle with lovely grounds, a deer park, and plenty to see amongst the Malvern Hills.
Visit the museums. Across the county there are 13 museums devoted to local history. Five of them are in Hereford, including the Museum Resource Centre, which holds around 1000 works — oils, watercolours and sketches — by the local artist Brian Hatton (1887-1916). There are also the National Trust’s Berrington Hall near Leominster; Bromyard Local History Centre; Hereford Archive & Resource Centre, Rotherwas; the Butcher Row Museum, Hellens Jacobean House, and Ledbury Heritage Centre in ; and the Leominster Museum. Five miles northwest of Hereford is Credenhill, headquarters of the British Army's 22 Special Air Service regiment, based at Stirling Lines, named after the regiment’s creator, Colonel David Stirling. In 1980 one of its most famous exploits was the ending of the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London.
Brobury House terraced Victorian gardens, Bredwardine, The National Trust’s Weir Garden. Swainshill, Hergest Croft Gardens, Kington, Holme Lacy House and gardens, and Brockhampton Park, near Bromyard, are all popular destinations for visitors. …