Hereford was founded to defend the Welsh border, and the ancient garrison walls are still visible in places. Hereford Cathedral is best known for the Mappa Mundi, a fascinating insight into how scholars believed the world looked at the turn of the 14th century. Ledbury is one of the country’s most attractive towns, and no visit to the area is complete without taking a trip through its narrow, medieval streets, which are crammed with unspoilt, half timbered houses. The Golden valley offers charming, unspoilt countryside, peppered with picturesque villages.
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Suburbs and towns covered by this travel guide to Hereford & Surrounds (The South Midlands) include Abbots Langley, Bodenham, Brobury, Bromyard, Cathedral Close, Glasbury-on-Wye, Golden Valley, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Herefordshire, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Little Tarrington, Longtown, Nr Hay on Wye, nr Hereford, nr Leominster, Ross on Wye, Shobdon, Walterstone, Wellington, Yarkhill, and more.
2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
