Hereford Trail

Route Directions

TL-Turn Left; TR-Turn Right; SO-Straight On; BL-Bear Left; BR-Bear Right

TL out of main entrance of Railway Station. Follow path around roundabout and keeping Rockfields DIY complex on left continue round to traffic lights. BL to Pedestrian Crossing, cross main road and TL. Turn second right into Southbank Road, cross to left hand side of road. Take left hand fork, uphill, staying in Southbank Road. At top of hill keep to footpath between two hedges. At T-Junction TL to second set of Pedestrian Lights, cross road into Whittern Way. Cross entrance to car park onto footpath keeping hedge on left and houses on right. Continue SO into Prospect Walk and uphill past school on left and houses on right. At road TL and follow round to right past the entrances both sides of road and on through kissing gate, continue to road. (Views out over N Herefordshire to right). Keep on past Aylestone School entrance on left and Watermeadow Close on right until main road.

Q1. What is the number of the Post Box?

At main road TR and continue to Keep Clear signs in roadway, cross road and BL then TR into Overbury Road. At Give Way sign TR past bus stop towards a pretty thatched cottage.

Q2. Who lived in the thatched cottage?

Just after this the road passes through the Royal National College for the Blind. At traffic lights cross road and BR into Old School Lane, cross to right hand side continuing across footbridge over the main Cardiff to Manchester railway. Re-cross road and TL onto footpath between fences, going through an industrial estate. At concrete road, by yellow posts, TL on path between fences with car park on right. Ignore path to right at end of car park. TR at end of footpath, then right again at Sticky Fingers Nursery School (Perseverance Road). At T-junction TL then cross minor road to Pedestrian Crossing on major road, cross major road. TL and pass garage on right, then immediately TR onto footpath between metal railings and follow through to Grandstand Road. (Views of Hereford Racecourse can be seen from path). TR and continue to the Grandstand PH on left, cross road and take first left into Yazor Road. Continue along road ignoring all turnings until Pedestrian Crossing and FP/Cycleway sign for City Centre. TL with grass area on left.

Q3. What is the number on lamppost after first wooden bridge?

Follow path to entrance of Bulmers Cider Factory, TR and follow to main road. TL and continue to traffic lights, Bulmers building on left, Sainsburys on right. Continue SO. Just before Aldi sign and shops TL and follow path down to FP/Cycleway and TL. Follow to Pedestrian Lights, cross road and follow path keeping Sainsburys on your left. (Travelodge and Cider Museum on right). Pass the red brick building on right and go under bridge and immediately TR (SP Broomy Hill). At top cross road and TL on footpath and continue uphill to sign for Waterworks Museum. TL and follow path past Museum to river. TL and follow footpath between sports field and river to metal bridge. BL, up steps onto bridge. At top of steps TR and cross bridge to steps on left. TL and go down steps, at bottom TR continuing with river on left. Under new road bridge and continue to old bridge, cross at Pedestrian Lights and continue SO.

Q4. What was the name of the Bulldog who drowned?

At metal footbridge (SP Castle Green/Cathedral) TL across bridge (Victoria Bridge) and up steps on LHS. At top continue SO with river on left and monument to Lord Nelson in middle of Castle Green on right. Take path on RHS of Canoe Centre and follow down to site of St Ethelberts Well in wall ahead. BL and then right into narrow roadway.

Q5. What colour is the letterbox in the wall on right hand side?

At end of Quay Street TL towards the Cathedral, keeping to left and follow path through grounds (toilets on RHS) and archway (Coffee Shop on left, Shop on right). TR around wall of Cathedral pass main entrance and BR to archway. TL and follow pathway between buildings, Church Street, approx 200 metres X road continue SO to Pedestrian Precinct. TR towards Old House then TR. At road TL towards the Shire Hall, large monument in front. Follow pathway round to left. At Union Passage TL and follow to Pedestrian walkway. TR and continue to traffic lights. Cross road at Pedestrian Crossing Lights and continue straight ahead until traffic lights at Rockfield DIY Centre. TL and return to Railway Station.