Vowchurch

Vowchurch
Vowchurch
 Vowchurch shown within Herefordshire
Population 176 
OS grid referenceSO3636
Unitary authorityHerefordshire
Ceremonial countyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town HEREFORD
Postcode district HR2
Dialling code 01981
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentHereford & South Herefordshire
List of places
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England
Herefordshire

Coordinates: 52°01′23″N 2°55′59″W / 52.023°N 2.933°W / 52.023; -2.933

Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, increasing to 176 at the 2011 census.[1]

The grade I listed parish church of St Bartholomew[2] serves a large ecclesiastical parish.

The village was served by Vowchurch railway station from 1881 to 1949.

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