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Clehonger is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about five miles south-west of Hereford.
[edit] The village and its surroundings
There are relatively few street lights in Clehonger and the surrounding vicinity. This leads to low light pollution and the skyline remaining relatively dark at nighttime. Consequently stars are more visible than in other English settlements. Noise pollution is also relatively low.
[edit] Infrastructure and services
The village hall is quite modern and has a pre-school group based there on some or most weekdays mornings. The village has a small shop with post office and a school for 5 - 11 year olds, which has approx 130 - 150 pupils per year. The school's catchment area includes Belmont (2 miles away, a suburb of Hereford). A Natural Gas main was laid to south Herefordshire in the early 1990s and since then most housing seems to have changed over to it. Broadband services became available in the village from June 2005.
The village had one pub. The pub building is still present, but the pub has been closed for some time. The village previously had a petrol station. However this was closed down around 2002, demolished, and the land used for housing. There is The Seven Stars pub as you come into Clehonger from Hereford.
Also in the local vicinity is the pub the Three Horse Shoes, located 3 miles to the south in Allensmore. The Three Horse Shoes serves food and a selection of beers. It is located very near the junction of the A465 and B4348 and is an easy 15-minute bicycle ride away from Clehonger. In a similar direction, you can enjoy refreshment in the Bull Ring at Kingstone, or at the Comet and the Red Lion in rival village, Madley.
[edit] Transport
Clehonger is served by buses primarily by two bus services: - the 39 (Brecon - Hereford service) and 449 (Madley - Hereford service). The last available bus at night from Hereford is at about 10pm, except on Fridays and Saturdays when it's 11:30pm.
A one-way ticket costs around £2.00 for the bus service, but by taxi the cost is nearer £15 - £18.
The major road link is the B4349, which passes to the side of the village.
[edit] Housing
Apart from the occasional farm cottage or farm house, the vast majority of housing in the village is predominantly a mix of post World War II council housing, mid-1960s buildings and 1970s/1980s buildings. The post WW2 housing is mainly nearer the north side of the village, whilst the 1970s/1980s housing was built to the south and west sides. The mid-1960s housing occupies the middle of the village. In the 1970/1980s, bungalows and dormas seemed to have proliferated while the 1960s housing is the more traditional 3 or 4 bed semi-detached type.
[edit] Rivalry
Clehonger has been embroiled in a long standing rivalry with nearby village, Madley. Recently, youths from Clehonger shot at the bus driver of the 449 Hereford-Madley bus, breaking both the windscreen and back window of the vehicle, resulting in the discontinuation of the 18:49 bus. Also, the village of Madley was the centre of attention again in 2005 where houses were vandalised, cars stolen and locals attacked. Although no-one was caught by the police, individuals from Clehonger have since admitted responsibility for the course of events.
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