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A Seasonal Celebration of English Apples and Cider in the Herefordshire Parishes of the Marcle Ridge |
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A Seasonal Celebration of English Apples and Cider in the Herefordshire Parishes of the Marcle Ridge |
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For an afternoon, a day or a full weekend — the Big Apple is a special opportunity to enjoy the autumn countryside in the Herefordshire parishes on the Marcle Ridge. The local orchards are famous for their cider fruit and their excellent eating and cooking apples. In our sixteenth year, the award winning communities of these tiny parishes have put together a collection of small rural events based in Much Marcle, to enable you to share with us in our tradition of apple growing and cidermaking.
Our local pubs and restaurants will be serving dishes using apple and cider recipes.
In Much Marcle:
Nearby:
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Hellens Great Barn (GR661333)
A Feast of Apples — Displays of apples, including cider fruit and perry pears. Tastings of dessert and culinary fruit. Feast your eyes and your taste buds! Also Marcher Apple Network; ‘Jus’ apple juice; perrymaking. Entry £1 (children free). 2 - 4.45pm.
Tour of the house at 3pm. (£5, concessions).
Much Marcle Memorial Hall (GR658330)
Apple teas - delicious! - in the newly refurbished hall. 2 - 5pm.
St Bartholomew‘s Church (GR657327)
Harvest church open 11am - 5pm, produce sale, tours of the bell tower.
Gregg's Pit (GR662323)
Open day — award winning, small scale craft perry and cider making in a traditional orchard, managed to organic standards. 10am to 5pm.
Lyne Down Cider (GR646312)
Open day — demonstrations of traditional cidermaking. Don‘t miss the pig roast — local pork from Orlham's Farm. 10am to 5pm.
Westons Cider (GR648331)
Guided tours £4.00 (children £2.50) at 11am and 2.30pm. Open for tastings and sales. 10am — 4pm.
Awnells Farm (GR659319)
Open day for the Countryside Restoration Trust. Guided walks through the farm grassland and orchards. Donations welcome. 11am — 5pm.
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Leominster Morris will dance at Westons (12 noon), Gregg's Pit (1pm), Lyne Down (2pm).
The Wildlife Value of Orchards - a talk by James Marsden of English Nature. Much Marcle Memorial Hall. 5.30pm. £3. Proceeds to Marcher Apple Network.
Think you know Herefordshire? Enjoy an evening of comedy as the Wye Theatre Company reveals some startlingly bizarre aspects of the life, language and lore of Herefordshire. In the Music Room at Hellens. 7.30pm. Tickets £5, from the Curator 01531 660504, or on the door. Proceeds to Marcher Apple Network.
Big Apple Bike Ride Ride the Ledbury Cider Route. Meet at Market House, Ledbury at 10am for 10.30 departure. Follow quiet country lanes, stopping to visit cider producers and orchards. Plenty of time in Much Marcle to picnic (BYO) and explore Big Apple events, before returning to Ledbury in the afternoon. Information from Bella Johnson (01531) 635432.
Ridge Walk to the Wonder David Walker will lead a 5 mile walk along the Marcle Ridge. Steep in places. Meet 9.30am at the Ridge Car Park (GR631346). Donations welcome.
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If you want to know more about this programme, then please phone Mrs Jackie Denman on (01531) 670544.
For details of accommodation available in the area, phone Ledbury Tourist Information Centre on (01531) 636147.
Much Marcle lies 5 miles from Ledbury on the A449 road to Ross-on-Wye, beyond the point where it crosses the road from Leominster to Newent at the Preston Cross roundabout. We are just 15 minutes from the M50 motorway, 2½ hours from London and 1¼ hours from South Wales and the West Midlands.
Blossomtime in Putley for 2006 will be on Sunday and Monday April 30th and May 1st.
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Another good reason to come to the Big Apple is simply to enjoy this wonderful stretch of countryside. Hopyards, pasture and soft fruit fields mix with the orchards and woodland to create a lovely farming patchwork. The slopes of the Marcle Ridge offer splendid views across to the Malvern Hills to the east, while Woolhope, to the west, is within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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