The banks of the River Wye 5 miles upstream from Hereford are delightful and picturesque.
The banks of the River Wye 5 miles upstream from Hereford are delightful and picturesque. The riverbanks include the Weir Garden, a National Trust property near Swainshill and Stretton Sugwas, Herefordshire, lying alongside the River Wye 5 mi ( km) west of Hereford on the A438 road. The garden covering 10 acres (4 hectares) was the creation of its prior owner, Roger Parr, and his head gardener William Boulter. The adjoining house is used as a nursing home and is not open to the public. The south facing aspect of the garden allows for a wide variety of plantings, and this, combined with the riverside, attract a notable variety of wildlife. Notable birds include blackcaps, mute swans, kingfishers, goosanders and in summer, sand martins, whilst teal often over-winter here. There are also a great many insects, including the rare club-tailed dragonfly, banded demoiselle damselflies and white-legged damselflies, plus a range of butterflies, hoverflies and crickets. The ruins of a Roman temple possibly associated with a high-status Roman villa, which may have connections to the nearby Roman town of Magnis, lie inside the Weir Garden by the River Wye. There is an octagonal cistern filled by a spring, and a ruined buttress by the river. These are the highest standing Roman ruins in Herefordshire
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Location: River Wye, Swainshill, Weir Garden, Herefordshire, England, UK
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