Bredwardine is a village in the west of Herefordshire, England, lying just off the B4352 road. Features include a brick bridge over the River Wye, a historic late 17th-century coaching inn[1] named the Red Lion, St Andrew's Church, and the site of Bredwardine Castle. The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine", and means "Brid's farm".[2]

Bredwardine
Old Court, Bredwardine
Bredwardine Location within Herefordshire
OS grid reference	SO335445
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEREFORD
Postcode district	HR3
Dialling code	01981
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford and South Herefordshire
List of places UK England Herefordshire 52.095°N 2.976°W / 52.095; -2.976

Walkers

The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village.

Notable people

In birth order:

• Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), landowner and pioneer of irrigation, was born in Bredwardine.[3]
• Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), archaeologist, was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar.[4]
• Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), diarist and cleric, was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.[5]

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