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Across the Wye to Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye is a small market town in south-eastern Herefordshire, and wilth a population of some ten thousand souls it is one of Herefordshire's largest towns. Ross stands on the banks of the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean. Ross-on-Wye may claim to be the birthplace of the British tourist industry. In 1745, the rector, Dr John Egerton, started taking friends on boat trips down the valley from his rectory at Ross. The Wye Valley's particular attraction was its river scenery, its precipitous landscapes, and its castles and abbeys, which were accessible to fashionable seekers of the "Picturesque". (Read more)