The map below shows you the ‘ESG Trail’, showing the main areas of change and what will happen there. If you wish to walk the trail to see what the area is currently like, contact Ros Fallon at ros.fallon@esgherefordshire.co.uk for a booklet with directions and details.
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1. Esg Headquarters - The Trail begins at No. 4 Blackfriars Street
2. The Education Centre - It used to be a High School but is now the administration centre for Children & Young People, Herefordshire Council. This building will remain after the develeopment
3. The Livestock Market - Have a look around this area - it will become the Retail Quarter - what would you like to see here? There are plans for shops, possibly a hotel and leisure facilities.
4. Hereford United Football Club - what do you know about this club? Have you ever seen The Bulls in action? www.herefordunited.co.uk
5. You are now in what will be the middle of the new link road that will go across to commercial Road at the bottom of Aylestone Hill! If you were here in real life you would be able to look across to Edgar Street and see the Courtyard, Hereford's Centre for Arts.
6. Newtown Road - this road often floods. ESG is carrying out site investigations at Credenhill which, if successful, will use an innovative and sustainable way to divert the Yazor Brook flood water to help prevent flooding in the north of the city area.
7. Entrance to the
police dog training field. This will become part of the urban Village in the new development. About 1000 homes will be built in total, with a new canal park and pleasant open spaces between different sectors.
8. Coningsby Hospital & Museum - discover the history behind one of Hereford’s hidden treasures and its links to the Knights of St John. Parts of the hall and chapel date from the 13th century. View the Alms Houses that were founded by Sir Thomas Coningsby of Hampton Court, Herefordshire, in 1614. Some of these are still occupied today.
9. The Preaching Cross – the only remaining example in the country and which was built in the 14th Century and restored in the 19th Century. Soon to be rediscovered by many more visitors in the 21 Century
10. The Blackfriars Monastery – The Dominicans who built this monastery came to Hereford in the 13th Century.
11. The Primary School – St Thomas Cantilupe was the Bishop of Hereford 1275—1282. He was born in 1218 and died 25 August 1282 and was buried in Hereford Cathedral. The base of his shrine can still be seen today. He was made a Saint in 1320.
12. The Graveyard - cross the graveyard and leave via a sandstone arch dedicated to the Rev. John Venn, Vicar of St. Peter’s and St.Owen’s, 1833-1870 (d.1890). John Venn is known as one of Hereford’s greatest benefactors.
13. Blueschool Street – This would seem to get its name from the Bluecoat School (building now a nightclub). Bluecoat schools date back to Tudor times and were characterized by the long blue coat worn as part of the uniform. The uniform was first adopted at Christ's Hospital in the 16th century and many subsequent charitable foundations imitated this style of uniform, becoming known as bluecoat schools. Blue was a favoured colour for charity school children because in Tudor and Stuart times it was the cheapest available dye for clothing. Blue-dyed materials were economical and implied a humble status and were accordingly avoided by gentlemen and the aristocracy.
14. Maylords and the established city centre. Links here are vital to establish one thriving city.