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Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. [ 2 ] It lies in south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean .
Sometimes referred to as the Ross Spur, it is a 22 miles (35 km) connection of the M5 motorway to a point near Ross-on-Wye, where it joins the A40 road continuing westward into Wales. The motorway was fully opened in 1962.
Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking spanning the river demolished. Backney Railway Bridge - Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Bridstow Bridge - Bridstow bridge, completed in 1960, carries the A40 trunk road over the river Wye near Ross-on-Wye. Wilton Bridge: I: Stone bridge.
The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway was a railway which ran for 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (36.2 km) linking Hereford and Gloucester, England, via Ross-on-Wye. It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ) broad gauge line, it was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway in 1862.
Ross on Wye station yard. A Great Western Railway shed now a garden centre. The Severn Valley Railway station at Kidderminster Town is based on the design for Ross-on-Wye even down to the decorative cast roof crestings; the patterns for which were derived from measurement of segments of the original ones. [3]
Gorsley is 4.7 km (2.9 mi) west of Newent, [2] 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Ross-on-Wye [3] and about 19 km (12 mi) south of Ledbury. [4] The village is near junction 3 of the M50, one of the first motorways built in Britain in 1960.
May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye.Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest. [1]
Kerne Bridge is a hamlet in south Herefordshire, England, about 3.5 miles (6 km) south of the market town of Ross-on-Wye on the B4234 Ross-on-Wye to Coleford road adjacent to Bishopswood. Situated on the left bank of the River Wye, it takes its modern name from the nineteenth century bridge over the river.