Parkway, Herefordshire

Parkway is a hamlet centred 2 km (1.2 mi) south of the market town of Ledbury in Herefordshire, England, centred on the direct single-carriageway north-south A417 main approach to the town from the M50 motorway. Parkway is sparsely populated and its land mainly consists of woodland, heathland, five mainly arable farms with farm houses and about 25 other houses.

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Parkway
Dingwood Park Farmhouse is associated with the district and the origin of Parkway Corner in turn the derivation of the locality's name
Parkway Location within Herefordshire
Population	100 (less than) (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO719358
Civil parish	Ledbury
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ledbury
Postcode district	HR8
Dialling code	01531
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire

The place derives its name from Parkway Corner, itself from adjoining Dingwood Park, "a house about 1+1⁄2 mile south south-east of Ledbury church, two storeys tall with a basement; the walls of which are brick with stone dressings and the roofs tiled. It was built late in the 17th century on a square plan with a small projecting wing on the south-east This wing was subsequently extended to the east."[2] It is a listed building in the middle category, Grade II*.[3]

Parkway had in the 20th century a hall used to host table tennis matches and local meetings. The locality is the extreme south of the ecclesiastical and civil parish (town council area) of Ledbury.[4]

Hospital Wood immediately east of a brief section the middle section of the main road and spreading a little further north and south is home to wildlife such as pine martens, deer, foxes and a variety of birds. Parkway has a garage.