“We have visitors from all over the world coming to the Three Choirs Festival this summer and we have this eyesore.”
That’s how one local resident has commented on the damage to the riverbank in Hereford. The damage was caused by the devastating floods of February 2020, but more than two years later, it still remains in the same state in did that day.
With many trees uprooted and fencing damaged, it’s not only an eyesore, many people believe that it is a disaster waiting to happen, with young children and the elderly using the route regularly, it would only take one slip and somebody could easily end up in the River Wye.
Your Herefordshire has highlighted this eyesore many times and it’s hoped that it will be cleared up this summer.
Meanwhile, Andrew, a local resident had a slightly different idea on how the area could be improved. He said, “shove a few of those £9,000 planters by it.”
The Three Choirs Festival is a week-long programme of world-class music making, featuring choral and orchestral concerts, solo and chamber music recitals, talks, cathedral services, theatre, exhibitions, and walks, rotating each summer between the beautiful English cathedral cities of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester. One of the elements which makes the festival so special is the Festival Chorus, which is made up of auditioned singers from the local area trained by professional directors, meaning that the Chorus both sings to a high standard and is a real part of the community. Three Choirs is thought to be the longest-standing classical music festival in the world and celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2015.
