Aconbury
Parish in Herefordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.993, -2.719 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 50 32 |
| Dialling code: | 01432 (Hereford) |
Aconbury is a small, rural parish in Herefordshire, England, set among the county’s gently rolling farmland and wooded ridges a short distance from the city of Hereford. The landscape is typical of the area: mixed pasture and arable fields with hedgerows and pockets of mature woodland, offering quiet lanes and good views over the surrounding countryside that attract walkers and local nature enthusiasts.
Despite its modest size, Aconbury has a visible past - the slopes of Aconbury Hill carry earthworks associated with Aconbury Camp, and there are traces of later medieval activity in the neighbourhood - and the community today remains largely agricultural, with family farms, orchards and smallholdings forming the backbone of the local economy. Social life is modest and community-focused, centred on church and village events, and the parish is a part of the wider Herefordshire pattern of rural heritage, cider-making traditions and countryside leisure.
Postcode districts covering Aconbury
Most populated places nearby
- Gloucester 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Hereford 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Great Malvern 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Pontypool 24.6 miles39.6 km
- Tewkesbury 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Brynmawr 23.6 miles38 km
- Abergavenny 17.4 miles28 km
- Churchdown 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Cinderford 14.6 miles23.4 km
- Leominster 16.2 miles26 km
- Ross-on-Wye 8 miles13 km
- Coleford 14.6 miles23.4 km
Neighbouring places
- King's Thorn Built-up area 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Little Birch Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Callow Parish 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Dewsall Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Much Birch Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Grafton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Haywood Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Much Dewchurch Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Dinedor Hill Ward 2.5 miles3.9 km
- Llandinabo Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Little Dewchurch Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Lower Bullingham Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Aconbury
HR2 8EF, HR2 8AH, HR2 8BA, HR2 6PQ, HR2 8AJ
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 42.2 miles67.9 km
- Cardiff Airport 49.1 miles79 km
- Hereford Railway Station 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Ledbury Railway Station 13 miles21 km
Hotels near Aconbury Ad
- Pilgrim Hotel 3 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Castle House Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Aylestone Court Hotel 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Alexander Park Resort 4 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Royal Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 7.8 miles12.6 km
- The Kings Head Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.7 km
- The Godwins 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Green Dragon Hotel 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Shepherds Gate at the Royal Oak Much Marcle 9.7 miles15.5 km
Local points of interest
- Rotherwas Estate 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Harewood Estate 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Edgar Street Stadium 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Hereford Racecourse Recreation 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Hoar Wood Forest 7.5 miles12 km
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Flits National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 9.3 miles15 km
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Forest of Dean Forest 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Black Mountains Mountains 17 miles27.4 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 17.5 miles28.1 km