Ledbury

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Ledbury

Total population

9,900

Coordinates52.04°, -2.43°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills. Its population was 9,109 at the 2021 UK census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

William Huskisson

British statesman (1770-1830)

Terry Jenkins

English darts player

John Masefield

English poet and writer (1878–1967)

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Fred Wes

English serial killer (1941–1995)

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Andy Rouse

British racing driver

Will Merrick

English actor

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Michael Abercrombie

British cell biologist and embryologist (1912–1979)

Henry Scott Holland

British theologian (1847-1918)

John Henry Wood

English entomologist (1841–1914)

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Angela Tooby

Welsh distance runner

Basil Charles Godfrey Place

Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross

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Conroy Maddox

British artist (1912-2005)

Harold Blackburn

British aviation pioneer (1879-1959)

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Henry Horton

English cricketer (1923-1998)

Horace Moore-Jones

New Zealand artist, soldier, art teacher (1868-1922)

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Jane Bown

British photographer (1925–2014)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Upton-upon-Severn
  9.2 mi away
• Tewkesbury
  12 mi away
• Saul Junction
  17.8 mi away
• Leominster
  18.6 mi away
• Tenbury Wells
  20.2 mi away
• Winchcombe
  20.5 mi away
• Stonehouse
  20.9 mi away
• Lydney
  21.8 mi away
• Cleobury Mortimer
  23.8 mi away
• Bewdley
  24 mi away
• Snodhill
  24.1 mi away
• Michaelchurch Escley
  24.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ledbury

Annual report

Ledbury Cottage Hospital (Ledbury, England) · 1940

The Ledbury scene

John Masefield · 1950

The registers of Ledbury, co. Hereford

Church of England. Parish of Ledbury. · 1899

Ledbury

Joe G. Hillaby · 2005

Registers of Ledbury, Co. Hereford ... ; 18

England (Parish) Ledbury · 2021

Hereford & Leominster, Bromyard & Ledbury

Ordnance Survey · 2016

The registers of Ledbury, Co. Hereford

Ledbury, Eng. (Parish) · 1899

The book of Ledbury

Joe G. Hillaby · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Turnip Moth

Agrotis segetum

Seen 2026-09-17

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-17

Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

Seen 2026-09-17

Brown-spot Pinion

Agrochola litura

Seen 2026-09-17

Lunar Underwing

Agrochola lunosa

Seen 2026-09-17

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-09-17

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing

Noctua fimbriata

Seen 2026-09-17

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-17

Vine's Rustic

Hoplodrina ambigua

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers