Population 158 Region West Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01989 Post town Ross-on-Wye | Unitary authority Country England Postcode district HR9 Ceremonial county Herefordshire | |
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UK parliament constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire | ||
Foy is a hamlet and parish in Herefordshire, England. By road, it is 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of Ross-on-Wye, 23 kilometres (14 miles) south east of Hereford and 27 kilometres (17 miles) south west of Ledbury. The hamlet lies in a loop of the River Wye with the nearest vehicle bridges at Ross and Hoarwithy.
Map of Foy, Ross-on-Wye, UK
The church is dedicated to St Mary. The south porch dates from the early 14th-century and the tower is in the Decorated style.
The civil parish of Foy includes Hole-in-the-Wall, and Old Gore and had a population in mid-2010 of 158. Hole-in-the-Wall on the east bank of the River Wye is accessible by a footbridge, built in 1919 by David Rowell & Co.. It featured in the British television series Survivors, in an episode titled "Gone Away" (1975).
The Herefordshire Trail and Wye Valley Walk long distance footpaths pass through Hole-in-the-Wall.
When Peter Mandelson was introduced to the House of Lords, he was introduced as Baron Mandelson of Foy in the county of Herefordshire and Hartlepool in the county of Durham. He had bought a cottage in the village in the mid 1980s and sold it in 1992. The Labour Party's red rose logo is said to have been inspired by a shrub in his garden there.