Category Archives: Agriculture

High Grade Agricultural Land in the Southern Link Road Corridor

This map is taken from the Herefordshire Land Classification Map and shows the land in the corridor of the Southern Link Road, graded from 1, the highest grade, down to grade 5, the poorest soils. The best and most versatile land … Continue reading

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Government Faces Legal Challenge for Failing to Protect the Rivers Wye & Lugg

The Angling Trust; WWF-UK and Fish Legal have been granted permission by the High Court to seek a judicial review of the government’s failure to protect some of England’s most precious rivers from agricultural and other pollution. The case includes … Continue reading

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National Tree Week 24th November to 2nd December

National Tree Week  – Saturday 24th November to Sunday 2nd December h.Trees – loving our local trees The gloom of late November is to be brightened in Herefordshire by celebrating trees. Thanks to the work of the many partners in … Continue reading

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Hereford Civic Society Lecture on Brian Hatton

On Wednesday 25th January  the Watershed in Hereford was packed to hear the presentation by Robin Thorndyke on the famous local artist and child prodigy Brian Hatton. Robin has identified and then photographed the landscapes and farming scenes that Brian … Continue reading

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The Landscapes painted by Brian Hatton

‘… the rarest of all things, true genius’. (Walter Shaw Sparrow, art critic, 1926) Illustration:  ‘The Lawns, Warham’ photographed today and painted by Brian Hatton in 1908 Many of you will recognise these trees (illus.) on your right as you … Continue reading

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The Nation’s Favourite River at Risk

The growth plans that Herefordshire Council are proposing to put out for consultation in just over a week, pose a huge risk to the Nation’s favourite river, the River Wye. The River Wye is a European Special Area of Conservation … Continue reading

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It is Not Just Luck that Herefordshire is a Major Food Producer

It is not just by luck that Herefordshire is a major food producer. This is a County which produces some of the best food in the country. Beef, lamb, chicken, turkeys, milk, strawberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, blueberries, potatoes and apples, to name … Continue reading

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H&W Gardens Trust Opposes Proposals for an Inner Western ‘Relief Road’ for Hereford

Hereford and Worcester Gardens Trust’s opposition to Proposals for an inner western ‘relief road’ across the historic landscapes of Belmont and Breinton. The route chosen runs in close proximity to Breinton and Warham and through the Belmont estate.  It is … Continue reading

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Transcript: An Interpretation of Brian Hatton’s painting ‘The Farm at Warham’

This delightful farmhouse scene, illustrates various elements of rural life in Edwardian England.  I have heard it dismissed as a ‘chocolate box’ image but in fact it is a straight  forward portrayal of round the back of a farmhouse in … Continue reading

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Proposed Hereford By-Pass and Agricultural Land

Some twenty years ago Herefordshire Council indicated a preference for an eastern route as a by-pass for Hereford. An alternative western route was also discussed but in the end, as we all know, nothing was done. At the time of … Continue reading

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