Boscobel House – ‘Boscobel’ comes from ‘bosco bello’, or ‘beautiful wood’, possibly a secluded site where Roman Catholics could feel relatively safe – is a 17th century farm, extended and refurbished in the 19th century. Its fame is as a hiding place for the future King Charles II following his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Charles hid in one of two ‘priest holes’ in the house, having first (and more famously) escaped detection by climbing an oak tree in the grounds.
The evocative ruins of Clun Castle are set in magnificent countryside on the edge of the tiny town of Clun, whilst kites soar overhead. It is a dominating position on natural high ground in a loop in the river, built to help dominate the border between Wales and England.
The magnificent Hereford Cathedral was founded in the year 696, although its current buildings date from the 11th and 12th centuries. It is possibly most famous for its chained library and the Mappa Mundi, a graphical representation of the medieval world, made in the early 14th century.
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The Violette Szabo Museum is a small, privately-run, museum dedicated to the life of Second World War SOE agent Violette Szabo, who worked against the Nazis in occupied France and was shot in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in 1945.
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