In 2017 the BBC's The One Show selected Weobley as one of the most attractive villages in the country. It has an outstanding Norman church whose spire can be seen for miles around and many timber framed buildings over 500 years old.
The weather for our Open Gardens Weekend (June 1 and 2) remained fine and mostly warm and the gardens looked spectacular. Fifteen gardens opened to raise money for St Michael's Hospice and the Parish Church and the turnout was excellent. Thank you to all those who gave their time and energy into not only their gardens, but to welcoming visitors to their lovely gardens.
The photograph below show one of the many decorations in the village itself.
Not only is Weobley a wonderful place to live in, it is also a great place to visit for a day, a weekend or to use as a base for your holiday in Herefordshire or The Marches. Indeed, in 2015 the Daily Mail included Weobley in the top 20 most idyllic villages you MUST visit.
A recent visitor to Weobley made this comment on Trip Advisor. “We prepared in advance by visiting the website and learning about the Heritage Trail. I printed the PDF map which guides you around the village, and downloaded the mp3 files to my phone so we could listen to the commentary without requiring any phone signal - a good move as it turned out because Weobley is an EE deadspot. The commentary is printed at all the various points anyway, but looking and listening is a fun way to do it, and we enjoyed ourselves a lot. It doesn't take long to do and the village is relatively compact, so not a lot of trekking. We did it with my parents who are both over 70 and they had no problems.”
Another visitor to Weobley said "There are many different building styles including a Cruck Cottage and two Wealden houses with attractive curved straps to the roof. The village is seriously photogenic."
The magpie is the village symbol, and a sculpture by Walenty Pytel of Magnus the Magpie was erected in 2001 to celebrate Weobley winning a best kept village in England award in 1999. To complete your visit, walk down past the Red Lion Inn and the Cruck cottage to the church.
The method of building houses with timber frames began in the Stone Age. However, substantial and long-lasting houses were not built until the medieval period. Most of the timber framed houses in Weobley were built about 1500.They were constructed of wood frames of recently felled oak cut to size off site. A number was scratched into the timber at each joint position so a house could be assembled like a kit. As the oak dried, the joints tightened, making them stronger.
It is almost impossible to believe that a market hall and several substantial houses stood here on the Rose Garden and presumably part of the roadway. Evidence from the fire in the 1930's and early photographs and paintings show the garden covered with buildings. Below is one such painting which you can see in the Museum. You can see the market hall on the left of the painting with the ground floor unenclosed.
The Weobley Neighbourhood Planning Referendum Notice of Poll
It’s time to have your final say….. YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT!
THURSDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
7AM TO 10PM
‘HOPELANDS’, WEOBLEY VILLAGE HALL
The Plan can be viewed on-line on the NDP website or inspected in Weobley Library (or viewed on-line here and at other libraries). A loan copy can be made available.
www.weobleyndp.weebly.com - www.weobleyparishcouncil.org.uk Tel. 07772 657446