Hi there
Can anyone let me know how I can find out about the history and oher info about the Wye Rapids Hotel in Symonds Yat West.
I have recently bought a cottage built on the original site of the hotel and am very interested to find out as much as I can.
Searches on the internet just give me old postcard views but no factual info about the site!
Hoping someone here can help
Many thanks
Justine

A good place to start
http://yateast.com/History.html

Wye Rapids Hotel
Symonds Yat West, Ross-On-Wye, United Kingdom HR9 6BL
An advert that I supplied :-
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/fod_guide/pages/page_2.html

and the site today
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/732952

and , yes, old postcard views

http://www.yourlocalweb.co.uk/herefordshire/symonds-yat/old-historical-nostaligic-pictu...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, 30-TH AUGUST 1979

HEREFORD AND WORCESTER COUNTY COUNCIL
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1967
The County of Hereford and Worcester (C257 Symonds
Yat West Road, Whitchurch) (Prohibition of Commercial
Vehicles of over 3 tons) Order 1979.
Notice is hereby given that on 29th August 1979, the
County Council of Hereford and Worcester made an Order
under section 1 (1), (2), (3), (3AA) and (6) of the Road
Traffic Regulation Act, 1967, as amended by Part IX of
the Transport Act 1968, Schedule 19 to the Local Government
Act 1972, by section 1 of the Heavy Commercial
Vehicles (Controls and Regulations) Act 1973, Schedule 6
to the Road Traffic Act 1974, and of all other enabling
powers, the effect of which will be that no person shall
cause any vehicle, the unladen weight of which exceeds 3
tons, to proceed in that length of Symonds Yat West Road,
Whitchurch, near Ross-on-Wye from its junction near the
B4164 near the Act Garage south-eastwards to its termination
near the Wye Rapids Hotel, a total distance of 1,072
metres (3,250 feet}, except for access and to enable certain
essential works to be carried out.
The Order will come into operation on 31st August 1979.
A copy of the Order as made and a copy of the relevant
map can be inspected at County Hall, Spetchley Road,
Worcester, between 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to
4 p.m. from Monday to Friday inclusive.
Any person who desires to question the validity of the
Order or of any provision contained in the Order on the
ground that it is not not within the powers of the relevant
section of the Act or on the ground that any requirement
of that section or of section 84A, 84B or 84C of the Act
of 1967 or of any regulations made under the said section
84C has not been complied with in relation to the Order,
may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the Order was
made (such date stated in this Notice) make application for
the purpose to the High Court.
/. W. Renney, County Secretary and Solicitor
County Hall,
Spetchley Road, Worcester.