Kington, Herefordshire
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Template:GBdot Kington is an historic market town in Herefordshire, England.
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Situation
Kington is near the Welsh border and, despite being on the West side of Offa's Dyke, has been English for over a thousand years. It is in the shadow of Hergest Ridge, and on the River Arrow. It is 21 miles from Hereford.
It is the home of Castle Books, and the Kington Connected Community Company (KC3) project.
Mike Oldfield lived at The Beacon (http://www.thetopbeacon.co.uk), near Kington in the mid 1970s and two of his albums, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn, were recorded there.
Nearby attractions
- The Black and White Village Trail
- Bradnor Hill
- Hergest Croft Gardens [1] (http://www.hergest.co.uk)
- Kington Festival [2] (http://www.kingtonfestival.co.uk/)
- Kington Golf Club at 1100ft above sea level, the highest golf club in England.
- The Mortimer Trail a 30-mile walk through countryside, from Ludlow.
- Shobdon Aerodrome
Other meanings
There is a village called Kington in the adjacent county of Worcestershire.
External link
- Kington Tourist Information Office (http://kingtontourist.info)