Ross-on-Wye
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Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. It lies in the south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Civil parishes in Herefordshire, Market towns in Herefordshire and River Wye.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 10,700
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.official_name
- Ross-on-Wye
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.unitary_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- UK place.post_town
- ROSS-ON-WYE
- UK place.postcode_district
- HR9
- UK place.postcode_area
- HR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01989
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO597241
- UK place.static_image_name
- The River Wye and Ross-on-Wye - geograph.org.uk - 7415567.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The River Wye and Ross-on-Wye
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Herefordshire
- Population
- 9574
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Wye
- Official website
- www.rosstc-herefordshire.gov.uk
- Image
- Ross-on-Wye2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01989
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- twinned administrative body
- Namutumba
- Commons category
- Ross-on-Wye
- OS grid reference
- SO597241
- postal code
- HR9
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Karl Hopf
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Parish church
- United Reformed, Methodist and Baptist churches
- Plague Cross
- The Prospect
- Present day
- Politics and representation
- Transport
- Media
- Climate
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. It lies in the south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.
==History== thumb|left|The Market House in 1890 (photochrom) The name "Ross" is derived from the Welsh or Celtic for a "promontory". It was renamed "Ross-on-Wye" in 1931 by the General Post Office, due to confusion with other places of the same or similar name (such as Ross in Scotland).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ross-on-Wye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations