Attractions in Hereford

13 places from our Hereford guide, from Hereford city centre. Each links to its area guide and, where we have one, its official site.

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Attractions

Attractions in Hereford

13 places

Blackfriars Priory, Hereford city centreOther sight
Historic ruin

Blackfriars Priory

Ruins of a 13th-century Dominican priory with a stone preaching cross, set in a rose garden laid out in 1964.

  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
Castle Green, Hereford city centrePark or nature
Park

Castle Green

Green laid out from 1752 on the bailey of Hereford Castle, which was founded before 1052 and was one of the earliest castles in England.

Outdoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
College of Vicars Choral, Hereford city centreOther sight
Historic building

College of Vicars Choral

Grade I listed college built from about 1473 for the cathedral's vicars choral; its cloister is open to the public.

  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
Coningsby Hospital, Hereford city centreOther sight
Historic building

Coningsby Hospital

Group of almshouses on Widemarsh Street, with a small museum on the site.

  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
Hereford Cathedral, Hereford city centreCathedral or church
Cathedral

Hereford Cathedral

Grade I listed cathedral begun in 1079, on a site of worship since the 8th century or earlier.

Indoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Hereford Town Hall, Hereford city centreOther sight
Historic building

Hereford Town Hall

Grade II* listed home of Hereford City Council on St Owen's Street.

  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
Mappa Mundi and Chained Library, Hereford city centreOther sight
Exhibition

Mappa Mundi and Chained Library

The cathedral's medieval world map, made around 1300 on one sheet of vellum, and the largest surviving chained library.

  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Museum of Cider, Hereford city centreMuseum
Museum

Museum of Cider

Museum of the history of cider-making, set up as a trust in the 1970s by Bertram Bulmer and others.

Indoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
The Courtyard, Hereford city centreOther sight
Theatre and arts centre

The Courtyard

Theatre and arts centre built in 1997-98, with touring shows, a pantomime and youth theatre.

Indoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
The Old House, Hereford city centreMuseum
Museum

The Old House

Black-and-white half-timbered house of 1621 in High Town, a museum of Jacobean life since 1929.

Indoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Victoria Bridge, Hereford city centreOther sight
Bridge

Victoria Bridge

Iron suspension footbridge over the Wye, opened in 1898 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Outdoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections
Waterworks Museum, Hereford city centreMuseum
Museum

Waterworks Museum

More than 50 machines, including a working triple-expansion steam engine; the pumps run in steam on about ten Sundays a year.

Indoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideOfficial siteDirections
Wye Bridge, Hereford city centreOther sight
Bridge

Wye Bridge

Grade I listed stone bridge built in 1490 over the River Wye, scene of fighting in the 1645 siege.

Outdoor
  • Hereford city centre, Hereford
In our guideDirections

By area

Things to do by area in Hereford

Each link opens the area guide with the full descriptions, photos and directions.

More about Hereford: the Hereford guide, free things to do and UK museums and galleries.

Other destinations

How the flags work

What we show, and what we leave out

Every flag below comes from a source you can open. Where we hold no report, the list says "not stated" or shows nothing: it does not guess. Check the venue before you travel, because prices, hours and booking rules change.

  • Type. Our own grouping of each place's kind in our destination guides (for example museum, castle or garden). It is a filter, not a rating.
  • Entry (free or paid). Shown only where the venue's own website says so in plain words, read on Oct 25, 2026. 0 places here are marked free and 0 paid; the other 13 are not stated. "Free" means general admission: special exhibitions, events and facilities can still be charged. The words we relied on are on the sources page.
  • Booking. We have not yet read a venue page that advises booking for these places, so there is no booking filter. Check each official site.
  • Step-free. Reported status only, from OpenStreetMap contributors or the venue's own access page: 0 places have a step-free or partly step-free report. The step-free filter hides places with no report; that does not mean they are not accessible. Contact the venue.
  • Indoor or outdoor. Our rules for the kind of place (5 indoor, 0 partly covered, 3 outdoor; the rest are not classed). It says nothing about opening hours or shelter on the day.
  • Family-friendly. Places marked family-friendly in our guides (0 so far).
  • Nearest to me. Straight-line distance from the position your device reports when you choose it. The position stays in your browser.
  • Saved on this device. Places you have saved with the heart. They are kept in this browser only, and appear in My trip.

Sources

  1. Our destination guides: the places, descriptions and positions come from their "Things to do" pages, which link each venue's official site.
  2. Venue websites, read on Oct 25, 2026 for free-entry, admission-price and booking wording. Each flag and the words behind it: flag sources.
  3. OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in new tab), for reported step-free tags.
  4. Our free things guide, which lists places whose own websites say entry is free.