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Morgan Motor Company
The last family-owned British car maker in Malvern, offering factory tours where hand-crafted sports cars are built.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Lugwardine
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Lugwardine
Lugwardine is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Hereford, 32km from Gospel Pass.
Lugwardine is in England, United Kingdom, with about 1,900 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Hereford, about 4 km away.
Lugwardine is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, to the east of Hereford. It lies on the north-east bank of the River Lugg, which gives the village its name. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,721.
The place-name 'Lugwardine' is first attested in the Domesday Book ofRead more
1086, where it appears as Lucvordine. It appears as Lugwurthin in the Pipe Rolls of 1168. The name means 'enclosure or homestead on the (river) Lugg'.
The village lies on the A438 road; Lugwardine Bridge takes this road across the Lugg. There is a public house in the village called The Crown and Anchor.
St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is in the village. There is also a primary school, shared with neighbouring Bartestree.
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What is there to see near Lugwardine?
Within an hour or so of Lugwardine: Morgan Motor Company (25 km), Symonds Yat Rock (25 km), Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb (28 km), Skirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr) (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Lugwardine?
The nearest famous roads are Gospel Pass, A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth) and Elan Valley Mountain Road (Rhayader to Aberystwyth).
Where is Lugwardine?
Lugwardine is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Hereford.
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- Population
- 1,913
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 52.0658, -2.6578
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Lugwardine
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Symonds Yat Rock
A famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
25 km · about 30 min drive
racetrack
Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb
The world's oldest motorsport venue still using its original course, running since 1905. A 1,000-yard blast up a wooded Worcestershire hillside, steeped in Edwardian racing heritage.
28 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Skirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)
A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Hay-on-Wye
World-famous 'Town of Books' on the Welsh border, packed with second-hand bookshops and host to a renowned annual literary festival.
32 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
Gospel Pass
The highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
32 km · about 35 min drive
film location
Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean (Star Wars, Merlin, Doctor Who)
The moss-covered rock maze in the Forest of Dean appears in The Force Awakens, Merlin and Doctor Who.
32 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Waun Fach
The highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Lugwardine
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 25 kmSymonds Yat RockA famous viewpoint 504 feet above the River Wye, where peregrine falcons nest and the river performs a dramatic horseshoe bend.
- 31 kmSkirrid Fawr (Ysgyryd Fawr)A landslipped 486m ridge above Abergavenny whose split profile gave rise to the legend it cracked at the Crucifixion.
- 32 kmGospel PassThe highest road pass in Wales at 549m, a narrow single-track lane over the Black Mountains between Hay-on-Wye and Llanthony, with vast views across the Wye Valley from beneath Hay Bluff.
- 35 kmWaun FachThe highest point of the Black Mountains at 811m, a broad peaty summit above the Vale of Ewyas and the Gospel Pass.
- 36 kmSugar Loaf (Y Fal)A 596m conical hill above Abergavenny with a 360-degree view over the Usk valley and the Black Mountains; easy from the car park.
- 41 kmA466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth)A wooded riverside road through a designated AONB past Tintern Abbey, gentle and beautiful rather than challenging.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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