THE CITY WALLS

Hereford has been surrounded by its medieval city defences for about eight hundred years. The city planners, however, have failed to preserve them.
Access to the old city walls varies from “the discouraging to the impossible”, according to Herefordshire Archaeology (A Conservation Management Plan for Hereford’s City Defence, Herefordshire Council, 2011).
Even as the Woolhope Club declared “these ancient remains . . . a heritage which any city should be proud to possess,” English Heritage was placing the old walls on their Heritage At Risk Register (English Heritage 2009).
Perhaps it’s time to revive post-war planner George Cadbury’s plan to open up the city walls “for their historical interest, and at the same time make Hereford a precinct City with a pedestrianised centre” (Hereford Walls, George Cadbury, 1949).

Preserved remains of the Saxon city wall, are viewable.
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​The City Walls, taken from Herefordshire Archaeology’ A Conservation Management Plan for Hereford’s City Defence (Herefordshire Council, 2011). Standing masonry is indicated by the red lines, surviving earthworks by the green.