Herefordshire

This article is about the county.
For the Highway Authority, see Herefordshire Council.

Herefordshire is a traditional county in western England. The county was linked administratively with Worcestershire between 1974 and 1998 but has now regained its county council.

Geography & Economy

Huntsham Bridge

Herefordshire is one of England's most rural and least populated counties, stretching from the Shropshire Hills to the Forest of Dean, and from the Welsh border to the Malverns. The River Wye enters the county in the west and heads east via the county town of Hereford before leaving to the south, taking in Symonds Yat as it does so.

The county is known for cattle and cider - and agriculture is still an important part of the economy; the Council logo includes an apple. Tourism is also important, with the county having a number of picturesque villages, particularly in the west. The Malverns and Forest of Dean and Black Mountains enter the county, although they are better associated with Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and South Wales respectively. As such the highest point in England south of the Pennines is in Herefordshire, albeit on the Welsh border. Herefordshire has the largest chained library in the world as well as the Mappa Mundi.

Roads

The A4111 in Eardisley

For a rural county, Herefordshire has a surprisingly comprehensive road network, with the majority of roads radiating out of the three main towns of Ledbury, Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. However, the River Wye forms a considerable barrier: there are fewer roads on the right bank and only a handful of bridges across the river.

Most non-trunk roads within the county are maintained by Herefordshire Council. National Highways maintain the north-south A49 and the A40/A449/M50 link in the south of the county. For some reason the A40 east of Ross is not trunk in Herefordshire but is over the border in Gloucestershire. Herefordshire is home of the most infamous motorway junction in the country, Linton Interchange; this is little more than a T-junction off both carriageways.

Route	From	To	Length
M50	Strensham	Ross-on-Wye	21 miles	View
A40	London	Fishguard	263 miles	View
A44	Oxford	Aberystwyth	155 miles	View
A49	Ross on Wye	Bamber Bridge	158 miles	View
A417	Streatley	Hope under Dinmore	97.5 miles	View
A438	Ashchurch	Pont-y-bat	60.6 miles	View
A449	Stafford	Coldra, Newport	108 miles	View
A456	Five Ways, Birmingham	Woofferton	41 miles	View
A465	Neath	Bromyard	79.3 miles	View
A466	King's Thorn	Chepstow Interchange	30 miles	View
A480	Lyonshall	King's Acre, Hereford	13.8 miles	View
A4045	Eign Street	Widemarsh Street	0.2 miles	View
A4103	Worcester (W)	Stretton Sugwas	25.5 miles	View
A4105	Brimfieldcross	Brimfield	0.6 miles	View
A4105	Colwall Green	Malvern	4.3 miles	View
A4110	Leintwardine	Hereford	22.2 miles	View
A4111	Willersley	Kington	6.1 miles	View
A4112	Burford	Eardisley	23.6 miles	View
A4113	Bromfield	Knighton	14.0 miles	View
A4137	Marstow	St Owen's Cross	5.0 miles	View
A4149	High Street	Ross-on-Wye bypass	1.1 miles	View
A4152	High Street	Brookend Street	0.4 miles	View
A4153	Glasbury	Whitney on Wye (W)	8.0 miles	View
A4154	Ledbury	Ridgeway Cross	7.3 miles	View
A4172	Trumpet	Preston Cross	2.8 miles	View
A4193	Aylestone Hill	Inner Ring Road	0.2 miles	View
A4194	Bullinghope	Belmont Abbey		View
B4024	Tillers Green	Much Marcle	2.6 miles	View
B4164	Whitchurch	Symonds Yat	1.2 miles	View
B4203	Bromyard	Great Witley	12.3 miles	View
B4204	Worcester	Tenbury Wells	18.9 miles	View
B4207	Worcester	Hereford	22.6 miles	View
B4214	Cleehill	Ledbury	28.4 miles	View
B4216	Ledbury	Huntley	12.9 miles	View
B4217	Great Malvern	Chance's Pitch	4.2 miles	View
B4218	Chance's Pitch	Great Malvern	4.3 miles	View
B4218	Bosbury	Stony Cross	4.4 miles	View
B4219	Storridge	North Malvern	1.9 miles	View
B4220	Bosbury	Bromyard	10.2 miles	View
B4221	Ross on Wye	Newent	7.4 miles	View
B4222	Lea	Kilcot	3.9 miles	View
B4224	Hereford	Mitcheldean	18.5 miles	View
B4225	Old Gore	Old Gore (SW)	0.3 miles	View
B4229	Old Forge	Kerne Bridge	1.9 miles	View
B4230	Portway	Weobley	6.3 miles	View
B4230	Old Forge	Harewood End	5.1 miles	View
B4232	Wynds Point	Malvern Link Top	5.2 miles	View
B4232	Monmouth	King's Thorn	12.6 miles	View
B4234	Ross-on-Wye	Lydney	16.8 miles	View
B4260	Hildersley	Wilton	1.4 miles	View
B4347	Vowchurch	Rockfield	19.1 miles	View
B4348	Hay on Wye	Llandinabo	23.6 miles	View
B4349	Kingstone (W)	Belmont	4.4 miles	View
B4350	Llyswen	Whitney on Wye	11.5 miles	View
B4352	Hardwicke	Clehonger	14.7 miles	View
B4352	Hereford	Walford	22.2 miles	View
B4353	Willersley	Kington	6.1 miles	View
B4354	Eardisley	Leominster	12.8 miles	View
B4355	Dolfor	Kington	31.3 miles	View
B4356	Presteigne	Walton	5.0 miles	View
B4359	Edgar Street	Blue School Street/New Market Street	0.5 miles	View
B4360	Cholstrey	Kingsland	2.8 miles	View
B4361	Ludlow bypass (N)	Cadbury's roundabout, Marlbrook	16.5 miles	View
B4362	Walton	Woofferton	20.2 miles	View
B4366	Bromfield	Knighton	13.9 miles	View
B4367	Brampton Bryan	Long Meadowend	8.8 miles	View
B4399	Holme Lacy Bridge	Bullinghope	5.7 miles	View
B4457	Stretford Bridge	Golden Cross	1.0 mile	View
B4521	Abergavenny	Old Pike, Peterstow	18.9 miles	View
B4528	Brimfieldcross	Brimfield	0.6 miles	View
B4529	Lawton Cross	Baron's Cross	2.7 miles	View
B4529	Shirl Heath	Lawton Cross	0.4 miles	View
B4530	Walford	Adforton	0.8 miles	View
B4553	Tenbury Wells	Stockton	7.3 miles	View
T17	Newport	Shrewsbury		View
T43	Hungerford	Hereford		View
T78	Newport	Worcester		View

Key

Motorway

Primary Route

Non Primary Route

Former Motorway

Defunct Route

E Road

Future Motorway

Future Primary

Future Non Primary

Historical Route

Tourist Route

Roman Road

Unbuilt Motorway

Unbuilt Primary

Unbuilt Non Primary

National Cycle Network

Cycle Route

Eurovelo Cycle Route

Turnpikes

Main Article: Herefordshire Turnpikes

Junctions

Main Article: Junctions in Herefordshire

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: Crossings in Herefordshire