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Invitation to Strawberry Tea for Ride and Stride Organisers.

Calling all Ride and Stride local organisers you are invited to our strawberry tea at Westhide Church (HR1 3RQ) on Saturday 26 June starting at 3 pm. Come and enjoy strawberries and cream, scones, cake and tea. We look forward

Charlotte Edwards June 21, 2016 Blog Read more

Confidence, Poise and Music in Quiet Places

Our ‘Music In Quiet Places’ series continued with an evening of Mozart in Holy Trinity Church, Hereford. Here are a few thoughts from a member of the audience… The second concert in the Music In Quiet Places series took place

Jojo Furnival November 29, 2015 Blog Read more

‘Music in Quiet Places’ Launches With A Bang!

HHCT supporter Sue attended the inaugural concert of HHCT’s ‘Music in Quiet Places‘ series on Friday evening October 2nd at St. Michael and All Angels, Ledbury, and here she reports back… Three different choirs from Hereford Cathedral School with vocal and instrumentalist soloists

Jojo Furnival October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 Blog Read more

A Celebration Of Ledbury

In honour of St Michael & All Angels church in Ledbury hosting our very first Music in Quiet Places event in collaboration with Hereford Cathedral School’s music outreach programme, we’re celebrating all things Ledbury this month. We asked Mayor of

Jojo Furnival September 11, 2015 Blog Read more

HHCT Joins Forces With HCS Music To Launch Music In Quiet Places

HHCT is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Hereford Cathedral School’s Music Outreach organisation. Launching this month, ‘Music in Quiet Places’ will be bringing a variety of live performances to the general public in large and small church venues

Jojo Furnival August 7, 2015August 12, 2015 Blog Read more

In the pulpit with… Bill Gunn, Woolhope church

From time to time, we like to shine the spotlight on a particular Herefordshire church and invite a representative of that church ‘into the pulpit’ to speak to us. In this interview with Bill Gunn of St George’s church, Woolhope, we talk

Jojo Furnival July 14, 2015August 7, 2015 Blog Read more

Priceless artifacts recovered

The HHCT is absolutely delighted to learn that rare religious artefacts and antiquities taken from churches in Herefordshire have been recovered. St Cuthbert’s, Holme Lacy, has taken back its misericords and the Saxon stonework at St David’s, Much Dewchurch, has also been

benfurnival May 20, 2015May 20, 2015 Blog Read more

Wonderful Things About Herefordshire

May is said to be a time of love and romance. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom. Historically, it is when people celebrate the coming of summer with expressions

benfurnival May 1, 2015May 1, 2015 Blog Read more

Raise a glass to some of our friends NADFAS and SPABMCP: Cheers!

HHCT has existed for over 60 years, with a single purpose: To raise funds for the repair, restoration and improvement of churches of all denominations in Herefordshire, thereby encouraging wider interest in them and keeping them alive. The Trust does not

Jojo Furnival March 26, 2015 Blog Read more

Battle of Gallipoli: Our Doubly Thankful Church

It’s exactly 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli Campaign, one of the Allies’ great World War One disasters. Before the Gallipoli campaign even started, Lloyd George had prophetically written: “Expeditions which are decided upon and organised with insufficient

Jojo Furnival February 27, 2015April 24, 2015 Blog Read more
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Ride+Stride 2025

The date this year is Saturday 13th September! Please join us to raise much-needed funds for Berkshire's wonderful historic churches. You can walk, run, cycle, drive or ride to as many churches as you wish - see the Ride+Stride pages of this website for suggested routes. 50% of what you raise will go straight to your nominated church and 50% will got towards helping other churches in need. We look forward to seeing you!