Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. It borders the counties of Shropshire in the north, Worcestershire in the east, Gloucestershire in the south east and the Welsh preserved counties of Gwent in the south west and Powys in the west. It is pronounced (i.e. first syllable as in "herring", and -e- a separate syllable).

In 1974 it was merged with the neighbouring Worcestershire to form the relatively short-lived Hereford and Worcester. Within this, Herefordshire was covered by the districts of South Herefordshire, Hereford, and part of Malvern Hills and Leominster districts.

On April 1, 1998 it was split out again, in the form of a unitary authority, with broadly the same borders as before. It is not to be confused with Hertfordshire, a county near London.

Herefordshire is a very rural county best known for its fruit growing and cider production in particular. When Celia Fiennes visited Herefordshire in 1696 she saw a countryside in which apple and pear trees were growing everywhere 'even in their corn fields and hedgerows'. Modern agriculture has put pressure on the ancient orchards in the county but many of them still survive today providing a habitat for the rare noble chafer beetle.

Aymestrey, Bodenham, Brockhampton, Bromyard, Canon Pyon, Carey, Clifford, Craswall, Dormington, Dorstone, Fownhope, Glasbury, Hampton Bishop, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Hoarwithy, Kimbolton, Kington, Kinnersley, Ledbury, Leominster, Liss, Little Cowarne, Little Tarrington, Lugwardine, Luntley, Madley, Michaelchurch Escley, Mordiford, Mortimers Cross, Much Cowarne, Much Marcle, Orleton, Pembridge, Peterchurch, Presteigne, Ross-on-Wye, Ruckhall, Sellack, Stanford Bishop, Symonds Yat, Symonds Yat (East), Symonds Yat (West), Tillington, Trumpet, Ullingswick, Upper Sapey, Upton Bishop, Walterstone, Wellington, Wellington Heath, Weobley, Whitbourne, Whitney-on-Wye, Winforton, Woolhope, Wormsley

• Abbey Dore
• Hereford Cathedral
• Malvern Hills