Ledbury is one of the finest black-and-white market towns in England, its timber-framed high street as handsome as any in the country. It sits at the foot of the Malvern Hills and is surrounded by the apple and cider orchards that characterise this corner of the Welsh Marches, with the Wye Valley just ten miles west.

A very beautiful small town with an excellent Poetry Festival, fine independent shops and good pubs, Ledbury makes a relaxed and civilised walking base for the Malvern fringe and the Herefordshire countryside.