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Welcome to the Yarpole Parish website - get information on events, facilities within the Parish, social groups, Yarpole Community Shop, The Bell at Yarpole, volunteering opportunities, the Parish Council and the PCC and more.

 

 Yarpole events 

Yarpole Computer Café - weekly starting Thursday, 28th July in the Gallery Café for the next 3 weeks. Click here for more details.

The Mortimer Community Benefit Society AGM - 7.00pm, Thursday, 1st September at Yarpole Parish Hall. See the agenda. Become a shareholder.

70 for 70 Quiz & BBQ - Saturday, 10th September from 6.15pm at Yarpole Parish Hall. Click here for more info.

An evening of pure magic -1st October. More info here


     If you are organising an event and you'd like it to appear on the website calendar and in the regular 'what's on' email, Facebook and in The Parishioner, please use the on-line form. 

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 Welcome to Yarpole, nestling in rolling countryside in North Herefordshire, mid way between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster.

Yarpole is a parish of approximately 700 people and comprises the villages of Yarpole, Bircher and Lucton and the communities on Bircher Common and Bicton. The Parish of Yarpole is unusual in that there are two working parish churches. St Leonard's situated in the village of Yarpole and St Michael and All Angels Church situated next to Croft Castle, a National Trust property. Many visitors assume that the church is managed by the National Trust as it is part of a visit to the estate. The National Trust does not contribute to the running costs of St Michael and All Angels church.

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Views of Yarpole from the air.

Traditionally farming was the major employer in the Parish. Farming in Herefordshire remains a combination of agriculture and livestock; a mixture of sheep and cattle. Hereford cattle, which have fallen out of fashion due to their slower maturity, originated in the county. These cattle are experiencing a resurgence due to the quality of the meat they produce. The milk used by Cadbury's for its chocolate comes from the county and is processed in the factory south of Leominster.

There has been a community recorded here for over 2000 years. The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. The Anglo-Saxon meaning of Yarpole (Iarpol or Yarpol) is fish pool or dam for containing fish. The original fish pool has long since been abandoned, the remains of the dam wall are still visible.

Yarpole still retains its red telephone kiosk, its pub, The Bell at Yarpole and has an award winning community run village shop and Post Office operating from within the Parish Church, St Leonard's. The first full time shop in a church.


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What's On In Yarpole



19 Aug 2022
07:30PM - 09:30PM
Men and women's indoor bowls 
Yarpole Parish Hall, Yarpole, HR6 0BL



22 Aug 2022
07:30PM - 08:30PM
Yoga
Yarpole Parish Hall. HR6 0BL.



24 Aug 2022
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Tai Chi
Yarpole Parish Hall. HR6 0BL.



24 Aug 2022
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Tai Chi
Yarpole Parish Hall



24 Aug 2022
02:00PM - 04:30PM
Art Classes
Yarpole Parish Hall. HR6 0BL.



25 Aug 2022
10:45AM - 11:45AM
Pilates
Yarpole Parish Hall, Yarpole, HR6 0BL



26 Aug 2022
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Talk Community Hub
Yarpole Parish Hall



26 Aug 2022
07:30PM - 09:30PM
Men and women's indoor bowls 
Yarpole Parish Hall, Yarpole, HR6 0BL



28 Aug 2022
10:30AM - 01:00PM
Yarpole Walking Group (Sundays)
St Leonard's Church, Yarpole, HR6 0BB
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