Parish in Herefordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.22, -2.485 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 66 58 |
| Dialling code: | 01886 (Bromyard) |
The parish of Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe sits in north‑east Herefordshire, close to the border with Worcestershire and a short drive from the market town of Bromyard. It is a sparsely populated rural area of rolling farmland, hedgerows and quiet lanes, with an economy centred on mixed arable and livestock farming and a handful of smallholdings.
Its most notable feature is the diminutive, partly Norman St Mary’s Church at Edvin Loach, where a 12th‑century chancel sits alongside a Victorian nave rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott, an architectural curiosity that attracts walkers and history buffs. The community is dispersed and quietly historic, with public footpaths and a sense of the slower pace typical of rural England.