Welcome to the Orleton Village website
St George's Church
The Boot Inn
Post Office
The village of Orleton is located midway between the historic market towns of Ludlow
and Leominster, both some 5 miles away and is surrounded by beautiful Herefordshire
countryside with a pretty brook meandering through. It is a thriving, vibrant community
with a Shop/Post Office, a Primary School, two
pubs, a Doctor’s Surgery and a very well – equipped Village Hall which is home to
a variety of clubs and societies including a Youth Club, OGGLE (an amateur dramatic
group), LightsDown Theatre School
(a performing arts group for young people), Evergreens (for older residents of the
village), Table Tennis Club, Gardening
Club and many more. There is a children’s playground beside the Village
Hall making it an excellent venue for children’s parties.
The lovely 13th Century, Norman, St George’s Church is situated at the other end
of the village and the churchyard provides a tranquil oasis from which to view the
beautiful surrounding countryside.
The village has excellent public transport links, via the 492 bus to Ludlow, Leominster
and Hereford and is close to the Mortimer Trail which runs through nearby Mortimer
Forest attracting walkers and cyclists to the area. Tourists are catered for with
a number of B&B, holiday cottages and caravan parks situated within and around
the village.
The Village Fete is held annually in June on the Recreation Ground (The Rec) adjacent
to the Village Hall and there are a variety of other events held within the village
which regularly bring different parts of the community together, from pub quizzes
at The Boot to the annual Christmas Dinner for Evergreens at the Village Hall. There
are both adult and junior football teams who regularly train and play on the Rec.
Orleton combines the charm of a traditional English village with the facilities
a modern community needs. Agriculture and tourism are the predominant local industries
but for a small village there are a lot of entrepreneurs, businesses and artistic
people to be found. See the Business Directory for more details.