Kilpeck

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Kilpeck
Welsh Llanddewi Cil Peddeg
Coordinates 51 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 49 ′  W
Kilpeck (England)
Kilpeck
Kilpeck
Residents 200 (as of 2009)
administration
Post town HEREFORD
ZIP code section HR2
prefix 01981
Part of the country England
region West Midlands
Ceremonial county Herefordshire
Unitary authority Herefordshire
British Parliament Hereford and South Herefordshire

Kilpeck is a village in Herefordshire , England, approximately 14 km southwest of Hereford and 8 km from the Welsh-English border.

Kilpeck is best known for its small but outstanding Norman church, St Mary and David's with its Sheela-na-Gig .

literature

  • Homer Sykes: Mysterious Britain - Fact and Folklore George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd. 1993 ISBN 0-297-83196-8 pp. 73-74