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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 .
After the Second World War, the interior of the building was restored by Ross-on-Wye Town Council which converted part of the structure for use as its meeting place and offices. [7] The ground floor was re-purposed for retail use and, in 2010, became the first branch of a new chain of bookshops, Rossiter Books.
Frontier Agriculture Ltd is the UK's largest crop production and grain marketing business, jointly owned by Associated British Foods and Cargill plc.. Frontier has a market share of 20% of the grain market, trades around 5,000,000 tonnes (5,500,000 tons) of grain per year, and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.5 billion.
Lea (or The Lea) is a village and civil parish in the south east of Herefordshire.It lies south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoins the boundary of Gloucestershire. [2] Amenities include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and a twice-weekly mobile Post Office, all of which lie on the A40 road which passes through the village and links Ross and Gloucester.
Bus routes through the town connect it to Ross, Ledbury and Gloucester, such as the 32 Gloucester–Ross-on-Wye route. [27] Newent used to be served by Newent railway station on the Ledbury and Gloucester Railway, which opened in 1885, opposite what is now the fire station. It was closed to passengers in 1959 and for freight traffic in 1964. [28]
The River Wye at Symonds Yat. The River Wye, which at 135 miles (217 km) is the fourth-longest in the United Kingdom, [6] enters the county after briefly being its border with Powys. It flows through both Hereford and Ross-on-Wye before returning to Wales. Leominster is on the River Lugg, a tributary of the Wye.
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.
Ross-on-Wye weather station; W. Wilton Bridge; Wilton Castle This page was last edited on 16 March 2018, at 18:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...