Wacton, Herefordshire
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Wacton is a small village and civil parish in the English
county of Herefordshire
. It is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) north west of Bromyard
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In a field are the motte and remains of the moat of Wacton Castle: buried foundations are all that remain of stone defences.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
. It is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) north west of Bromyard
Bromyard
Bromyard is a town in northeast Herefordshire, England with a population of approximately 4,000. It lies near to the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered pubs and some buildings dating back to Norman times...
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In a field are the motte and remains of the moat of Wacton Castle: buried foundations are all that remain of stone defences.