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Also known as Lemster, Leominster, Herefordshire

Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almost 12,000, Leominster is the largest of the five towns in the county; the others being Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington.

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Leominster Priory.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Leominster Priory
UK place.population
11,959
UK place.population_ref
(2021 Census)
UK place.official_name
Leominster
UK place.civil_parish
Leominster
UK place.unitary_england
Herefordshire
UK place.region
West Midlands
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Herefordshire
UK place.constituency_westminster
North Herefordshire
UK place.post_town
LEOMINSTER
UK place.postcode_area
HR
UK place.postcode_district
HR6
UK place.dial_code
01568
UK place.os_grid_reference
SO496591

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
market town
Located in
Herefordshire
Population
11691
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Leominster Priory.jpg
Dialing code
01568
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Commons category
Leominster
topic's main category
Category:Leominster
OS grid reference
SO496591
postal code
HR6
category of associated people
Category:People from Leominster
different from
Leominster
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Climate
  • Transport
  • Schools
  • Media
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • Twin towns
  • Local attractions
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of almost 12,000, Leominster is the largest of the five towns in the county; the others being Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington.

From 1974 to 1996, Leominster was the administrative centre for the former local government district of Leominster.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leominster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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