Wormside
Ward in Herefordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.99, -2.792 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 45 32 |
| Dialling code: | 01981 (Wormbridge) |
Wormside is a small, predominantly rural electoral ward in Herefordshire, made up of dispersed villages, farms and lanes set in the county’s characteristic rolling countryside. The landscape is a patchwork of hedged fields, orchards and small woodlands, and the local economy is largely agricultural with family farms, small food producers and a modest rural services sector; there’s also a steady trickle of visitors for walking and country pursuits. Historic features such as parish churches and timber-framed farmhouses hint at a long agricultural past.
The community is typically close‑knit, with village halls, parish meetings and annual fêtes playing a central social role while residents travel to nearby market towns for larger shops and services. Like many rural wards, it balances conservation of landscape and heritage with pressures around housing, broadband and transport, and local politics tends to focus on those practical issues affecting everyday life.
Postcode districts covering Wormside
Most populated places nearby
- Hereford 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Great Malvern 21.8 miles35 km
- Pontypool 22.9 miles36.8 km
- Ebbw Vale 23.2 miles37.4 km
- Ebbw Vale North 23 miles36.9 km
- Ebbw Vale South 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Brynmawr 21 miles33.8 km
- Tredegar 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Abergavenny 15.1 miles24.2 km
- Cinderford 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Abertillery 23 miles37 km
- Leominster 16.4 miles26.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Thruxton Parish 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Much Dewchurch Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Allensmore Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Dewsall Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Kilpeck Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Haywood Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- King's Thorn Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Callow Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Clehonger Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Much Birch Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Aconbury Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Little Birch Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Wormside
HR2 9DA, HR2 9RT, HR2 9ER, HR2 8DD, HR2 8FE, HR2 9BG, HR2 9DS, HR2 8DH, HR2 9HR … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 42.1 miles67.7 km
- Cardiff Airport 47.3 miles76.1 km
- Hereford Railway Station 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Abergavenny Railway Station 15.1 miles24.4 km
Hotels near Wormside Ad
- Pilgrim Hotel 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Castle House Hotel 3 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Aylestone Court Hotel 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Green Dragon Hotel 5.5 miles8.9 km
- The Godwins 8.3 miles13.4 km
Schools in Wormside
- Kingstone and Thruxton Primary School Primary
- Kingstone High School Secondary
- The Steiner Academy Hereford All ages
Local points of interest
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Harewood Estate 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Rotherwas Estate 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Edgar Street Stadium 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Hereford Racecourse Recreation 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Flits National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7 miles11.3 km
- Hoar Wood Forest 10.5 miles17 km
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Black Mountains Mountains 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Forest of Dean Forest 17.6 miles28.3 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Old Park wood Forest 17.9 miles28.8 km