Attractions in Ross-on-Wye - Heart of England

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Dick Whittington Leisure Park (Approx 9 Miles)

An indoor and outdoor playcentre suitable for toddlers to ten year olds. The indoor adventure zone includes soft play, ball pits and teampolines. The outdoor activities include a giant sandpit, pedal zone, animals, picnic area together with hilltop walks. Also...

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Goodrich Castle (Approx 9 Miles)

The earliest part of Goodrich Castle is the keep, begun in the 12th Century, most probably in the time when Richard de Clare was Lord of Goodrich 1148-76. The castle eventually passed to William de Valence who rebuilt its defences...

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How Caple Court Gardens (Approx 9 Miles)

How Caple Court Gardens 11-acres of Edwardian gardens set high above the River Wye. Formal terraces with yew hedges, pools, statues and a traditional rose garden contrast with less formal planting of mature trees and shrubs. The Medieval Church contains...

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Market House & Heritage Museum (Approx 9 Miles)

The black and white Market House and Heritage Museum is also Newent’s town hall and is sited in the middle of the town. It was built in 1668 as a butter market, there being a market established here for several...

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National Birds of Prey (Approx 9 Miles)

The centre is open from the 1st February to 31st October 7 days a week between 10.30am and 5.30pm. There are daily flying demonstrations with a variety of birds of prey and owls. Other features include the Owls Tea Rooms,...

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Newent Lake and Riverside Walk (Approx 9 Miles)

Newent Lake, with its riverside walk and adjoining park, is a beauty spot situated in the heart of the town. It’s set in the grounds of the former Newent Court and was created from the fish ponds of medieval monks...

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St Giles Church (Approx 9 Miles)

The church of St Giles with its tall broach spire stands high above the village of Goodrich. Inside is an undivided chancel and nave, the latter having been extended, the older part being Early English. Note the 17th Century wooden...

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St Mary the Virgin Church (Approx 4 Miles)

Standing on a stone plinth in the porch of St Mary the Virgin Church in Newent is the carved shaft of a free-standing cross, probably 9th Century. The great nave was rebuilt during the 17th Century after it collapsed in...

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St Mary’s Church (Approx 5 Miles)

St Mary’s Church in Dymock is mostly Norman, and has a sculptured Norman doorway, the work of the Dymock School of sculpture. Above the door there is a tympanum depicting the tree of life. Two Holy water stoups rest on...

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The Shambles Victorian Museum

The Shambles, first opened in 1988, is a museum of Victorian life, set out as a complete town of shops, cottages, cobbled streets and alleyways. There’s everything here from a doctor’s surgery, bakery, and beer cellar to a solicitor’s office...

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