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Buy our car tours on CD for £6 inc. p & p.
Buy & Download Audio Car Tours
Our innovative and award-winning audio car tours are available for visitors in
Herefordshire to use in their own cars. Called ‘Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras’,
it is a series of five circular Audio Car Tours downloaded as MP3s - each
designed to offer a full day out. The series is aimed at people who have arrived
in Herefordshire by car, and would like to know more about the area, but who are
not in a position to hire a private guide.
The audio combines the knowledge of local tour guides and specialists, and aims
to help visitors get off the beaten track. Clear and detailed directions are
given and each downloaded tour pack comes complete with a MAP (pdf) of the route
and a ‘By the Way…..’ information sheet.
Once you've purchased and downloaded the MP3s you can
Play them on your phone/mp3 player or burn them to CD to use in your car.
Feel free to contact us if you need any help or information.
Our MP3 guides are £5.00 each.
Tour 1 MP3- The Golden Valley & Beyond
This
is the first in the series of Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras audio car tours, and
takes you through 45 miles of the beautiful Golden Valley and out to the the
very edge of the Black Mountains near the Offa’s Dyke Path.
Call in at Longtown
Castle and then go on to the little border town of Hay on Wye, where you can
browse in some of the 40 bookshops.
Follow the route past Arthur’s Stone, and
visit remote churches like the 12th. century Dore Abbey.
Watch the video for a glimpse of what you will see from your car and
listen to extracts from the audio track.
Tour 2 MP3- The Black & White Villages
This audio car tour, the second in the Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras series,
follows the well-known Black & White Trail through north Herefordshire.
The 45 mile route will take you through several of our picturesque,
half-timbered villages including Weobley, Pembridge and Eardisland, as well
as directing you to see the unique Romanesque font at Eardisley.
Stop for a wander in the little border market town of Kington. Follow the
route back to Leominster and take a look at the elaborate black and white
market hall called the Grange and browse in the antique shops. On the way
you can listen to local experts who tell you how the half-timbered buildings
were constructed, as well as how modern companies still build with the same
green oak.
Watch the video for a glimpse of what you will see from your car and listen
to extracts from the audio track.
Tour 3 MP3 - Mortimer Country
You can now fit an English Civil War heroine into your car along with
several modern-day residents of the area of north-west Herefordshire known
as `Mortimer Country' - and it won't be a squeeze at all. This is the third
in the series of Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras audio car tours.
The 45-mile circular route begins and ends in Ludlow with its Norman Castle,
and also takes in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, with its famous
Judges Lodging Museum.
The tour takes you to villages such as Wigmore with its castle ruins,
Leintwardine on Watling Street and to Shobdon, with its Strawberry Hill
Gothic church and the Romanesque Shobdon Arches. We introduce you to current
residents as well as some of the historical characters who played an
important part in shaping the area. For instance Lady Brilliana Harley, who
defended Brampton Bryan against the Royalists in the 17th Century, is just
one of the people you will hear, and we tell you about the huge yew hedge
around the churchyard. See also the
Explore
Mortimer Country website.
Watch the video for a glimpse of what you will see from your car and listen
to extracts from the audio track.
Tour 4 MP3 - Ledbury & Bromyard
‘Booze and views’ is the unofficial title for the fourth audio car tour in
the Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras series, designed to lead independent
visitors and locals alike through the delights of east Herefordshire.
The circular tour, which is just over fifty miles long, covers such topics
as cider and wine production and divulges curious facts about hops as it
guides you through some spectacular scenery.
You are introduced to knight in Much Cowarne whose wife literally gave her
hand in marriage and will discover the extraordinary link between
Herefordshire and the Salt Lake Valley in Utah at Benbow Pool in Castle
Frome.
The route includes the market town of Ledbury, with its cobbled street and
half-timbered Market House, and ancient Bromyard, close to the Downs where
you can walk and picnic. The route takes you through little villages such as
Much Marcle, where you find Westons Cider Visitor Centre and Hellens,
through Ashperton and then eventually to Stoke Lacy with its links to the
Morgan Car Company and on to Bishops Frome with the Frome Valley Vineyard
and Bosbury with its detached church tower and Templar history.
Watch the video for a glimpse of what you will see from your car and listen
to extracts from the audio track.
Tour 5 MP3 - Ross On Wye & Beyond
This is the final audio car tour in the Herefordshire’s Hidden Extras
series. The circular route takes you for 47 miles through the stunning
scenery of the Lower Wye and Monnow Valleys.
You are guided to Goodrich Castle, then up to Symonds Yat East to Yat Rock
where you can look down the River Wye running through its deep gorge. From
there you can discover the delights of the edge of the Forest of Dean and
look down at Monmouth from the Kymin.
Follow the route to the ruins of Skenfrith castle, and discover the remote
church at Garway with its Templar foundations. Pass the only church in the
country to be dedicated to St. Weonard, and discover the delights of
Hentland and Hoarwithy with its Italianate church above the River Wye.
Follow the river back to Ross-on-Wye where you can look down from the
Prospect at the famous horse-shoe bend.
Watch the video for a glimpse of what you will see from your car and listen
to extracts from the audio track.