Herefordshire history brought to life

10:00am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

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PREVIOUSLY unseen Herefordshire heritage sites are opening their doors to the public for free in September.

Twenty sites in Ross, Bromyard, Leominster, Ledbury and Hereford will be open from Friday, September 12, to Sunday, September 14, as part of a national initiative – Heritage Open Days.

Highlights include Grange Court in Leominster and St Katherine’s Chapel in Ledbury, dating from 1232, which are not normally open to the public.

There is also free entry to the Mappa Mundi at Hereford Cathedral, the chance to visit the Mayor’s Parlour and the silver vault at Hereford Town Hall, a World War One exhibition at Bromyard Local History Centre, the chance to see the servants staircase and footman’s room at Berrington Hall and exhibitions at St John Medieval Museum and Coningsby Hospital in Hereford.

Hereford Light Infantry Museum, Goodrich Castle, the Cider Museum, Leominster Museum and the Waterworks Museum are also taking part.

Details of the open days, co-ordinated through Herefordshire Council’s heritage services, are in a leaflet now available at Info shops and libraries.