Local Services
Library Services
There is a public library in Leominster, 3 miles away, with internet access.
Leominster Library, 8, Buttercross, Leominster. HR6 8BN. Tel No: 01432 383290. Fax: 01568 616025.
Opening times:
Sunday and Monday: Closed,
Tuesday: 9am-5.30pm, Wednesday & Thursday: 9am-7.30pm,
Friday: 9am-5.30pm and Saturday: 9.30am-4pm.
They also offer the facility to reserve and renew books on-line, which can be very useful.
More details can be found here, or you can email them at: leominsterlibrary@herefordshire.gov.uk
Mobile Library
The mobile library service no longer operates in Herefordshire, but anyone who is unable to visit a library in person can avail themselves of the Home Delivery Service, which is currently still being offered by Hereford Council.
More information about this service can be found here.
For telephone enquiries please ring the "Delivered Services Team" on 01432 260645.
Rubbish and Recycling Collections
Black sacks are provided for general rubbish, and most households are provided with a green wheelie bin for recycling food & drink cans, glass, paper, cardboard, cartons and plastics including yoghurt pots and fruit containers.
Information about collection times etc. can be found by clicking here or you can contact the relevant office by writing, telephoning or emailing as follows:
Address: Waste Management, P.O. Box 167, Plough Lane, Hereford. HR4 OWY
Tel. No: 01432 260051. Email: recycling@herefordshire.gov.uk
There is also a glass recycling point at Cawley Hall, and paper recycling facilities at Luston School.
Post
There are a number of post boxes in the area, although we no longer have a post office.
The nearest sub-post offices are in Yarpole (inside the Church), Kingsland and at Orleton.
Hereford Council
Our local Herefordshire Councillor is John Stone
Home Address:
Brimfield Lodge, Brimfield, Ludlow, Shropshire. SYS 4ND
Phone: 01584 711227 Email: jstone@herefordshire.gov.uk
Title: Member of the Council
Member of political group on the Council: Conservative
Ward: Upton
Parish: Brimfield ; Eye ; Eyton ; Kimbolton ; Leysters ; Luston ; Little Hereford ; Middleton-on-the-Hill; Moreton and Ashton.
Herefordshire Council's website can be found here, and contains plenty of useful information on services, general advice and local news.
Member of Parliament
Our local Local Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire is Bill Wiggin, who is currently a Government Whip. More information about his local advice and help surgeries can be found on his website.
The constituency of Leominster covers the market towns of Leominster, Ledbury, Kington, Tenbury Wells and Bromyard, as well as the surrounding north Herefordshire countryside.
West Mercia Police
The Leominster Rural Local Policing Team are a dedicated group of police officers, community support officers (CSOs) and special constables who work with the local community and external organisations to improve your neighbourhood.
Their website can be found here, and West Mercia Police also publish a monthly newsletter, the latest copy of which can be read, or downloaded here.
Our local CSO, who covers the area known as 'Leominster Rural', is Adam Harris.
How to Contact the Team:
Email: leominsterrural.lpt@westmercia.pnn.police.uk
If your email requires a response, a member of the team will get back to you within 24 hours.
Phone: 0300 3333000 (Ext: 4539) In an emergency always call 999
If you wish to report a crime, or incident of a non-urgent nature you can now just dial 101. Please note however that you should still continue to dial 999 in the case of an emergency, in order to contact the police, fire or ambulance services.
Voicemail: 01432 346720.
Please call this number if you would like to leave a message for your Local Policing Team.
Only use this number for non-urgent, general queries, and a member of the team will get back to you within 24 hours.
Address: Leominster Police Station, Enterprise Way, Enterprise Park, Leominster, HR6 OLZ.
Opening hours:
Monday: 9am to 1pm and 5pm to 9pm
Tuesday - Sunday: 9am to 1pm
Facilities: Disabled Parking, Disabled Toilet, Hearing Loop Fitted.
