Getting Here

Herefordshire is an historic border county where England meets Wales, with easy access by car, rail, coach and air. 

Need more information contact Tourist Information Centres in Herefordshire.

Here are a few quick links to help you plan your journey to Herefordshire:

Herefordshire Buses
National Express Coaches
Great Western Railway
Transport for Wales 
West Midlands Railway
Traveline
National Rail Enquiries
Omio (travel in UK and Europe)

There are excellent motorway and main road links with the rest of the UK. We’re just 3 hours from London and 1½ hours from Birmingham.

• Cardiff - Hereford: 56 miles
• Birmingham - Hereford: 58 miles
• London - Hereford: 135 miles
• Manchester - Hereford: 138 miles

There are railway stations at Hereford, Leominster, Colwall and Ledbury.

Direct trains run to Hereford daily from Birmingham New Street Station (which has connections to Birmingham International Airport), with a journey time of 1½ hours.

The regular service from Manchester stops at Leominster and Hereford (journey time 2 hours 10 minutes).

Direct trains from London Paddington to Hereford (journey time about 3 hours) stop at Ledbury.

For National Rail enquiries, telephone 0845 748 4950 or go to www.nationalrail.co.uk

National Express coaches run nationwide services. You can travel from London Victoria and Birmingham to Hereford, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye.

To book your journey call National Express Customer Contact Centre on 08717 818181 (calls cost 13p per minute plus network extras) or go to

www.nationalexpress.com

There are regular bus services between the city and all the market towns.

Buses also run to Worcester and Cardiff.

The nearest major international airports are Birmingham, Cardiff and Bristol with scheduled flights to and from Europe and America.

The London airports of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted have a more comprehensive range of flights and destinations across the globe.

Car hire is available at all airports and throughout Herefordshire.