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Standing on the peaceful banks of the beautiful River Wye, Hereford Cathedral occupies a site on which cathedral buildings have stood since Saxon times. The present building contains some of the finest examples of architectural excellence from Norman times up to the present day, including the beautifully restored Shrine of St. Thomas of Hereford in the North Transept, the exquisite Early English Lady Chapel and the 'high-tech Medieval' New Library Building completed in 1996.
Our many activities include music recitals, concerts, exhibitions, refreshments, Cathedral shop and even a working Stonemasons Yard where you can see how the Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust is helping us to prepare for the next Millennium.
Mappa Mundi & Chained Library Exhibition-This is an amazing opportunity- Hereford Cathedral's medieval Mappa Mundi and Chained library - two of Britain's most important historical treasures - are now exhibited together in the award -winning New Library Building (designed by Whitfield Partners and funded by a generous gift from Mr. John Paul Getty Jr.) at the West end of Hereford Cathedral. Here the Chained Library can be seen together in its original glory for the first time in 150 years. The exhibition is open all year round. Here the stories of these national treasures are told through models, original artefacts and the latest interactive computer technology.
How Caple Court Gardens, set high above the River Wye, are located on an ancient site. A house built here was mentioned in the Domesday Book but the present gardens date from Edwardian times. The 11 acres of gardens include formal terraces, yew hedges, roses and water features. These contrast with the splendid trees and shrubs in The Dell and other less formal areas of the garden. The magnificent terrace has eight clipped yews leaning together around a lily pond. Below this is another terrace with a charming summer house and more lily ponds.
Other features include statues and the sunken Florentine garden. How Caple Court has a nursery selling old-fashioned roses and specialised herbaceous plants and there is also a dried flower factory outlet.
The Weir's 254 acres include a late 18th century house (not open to the public) perched above steep slopes which fall away to the River Wye. The south-facing slopes of the property fringe a great bend of the Wye as it meanders slowly eastwards, a famous salmon leap.
It was on these precipitous slopes that the Parr family created their unusual garden in the 1920s.
A walk through the beech woodland high above the river leads to the much altered villa at the top of the garden. From here paths criss-cross the garden at all levels, with flights of steps in places. The slopes are clad with ancient beeches and the London plane and informally planted with shrubs such as yew, laurel, privet and holly. These shrubs provide shelter for valerian, everlasting peas and other natives. They also, together with reinforced concrete, play an essential role in preventing the garden from slipping into the river.
There are a number of exotic trees and shrubs including the Japanese maple and willow thrives along the river itself. The grassy slopes have spectacular displays of bluebells and daffodils in the spring, a brilliant yellow carpet of rose of Sharon in the summer and later in the year are bright with autumn crocus.