Anyone looking for Bed and Breakfast near Hereford, either for relaxation or walking and exploring this area will find what they need at the Old Rectory in Abbey Dore.
The hamlet of Abbey Dore has a pub and also the Abbey Dore Court Garden, open to the public and serving food and light lunches. On the brest of the hill behind us is the Ewyas Harold Common, five hundred acres of intresting walks and long views to the Black Mountains and the Skirrid in Wales, the Herefordshire country side and the Golden Valley. Hereford City -cathedral and Mappa Mudi- Hay-on-Wye-books, Abergavenny, Ross-on-Wye, are all just a few miles away and Cardiff and Birmingham only an hour and a half's drive. There are world class walks in the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. Ajacent to the house there are long and short walks along the Dore river and up the valley where some evidence of the old Golden Valley Railways can still be seen The Deep Pit Mine museum and a Steam Train experience are just over into Wales; as is pony treking.