Leominster is a market town in the English county of Herefordshire. It lies at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater, around 12 miles (19 km) north of the city of Hereford and about 7 miles south of the Shropshire border, 11 miles from Ludlow in Shropshire. Leominster railway station has services to Manchester, travelling through Ludlow and Cardiff, and links to London are achieved by changing at Hereford. With a permanent population of roughly 11691 people, in accordance with the 2011 Census, Leominster is the largest of the five towns Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Ledbury, Bromyard and Kington in the county surrounding the City of Hereford. From 1974 to 1996, Leominster served as the administrative centre for the previous local government district of Leominster District. The town takes its name from a minster, which is a group of clergy in the district of Lene or Leon. Through the Early Middle Ages, Leominster was home to Æthelmod of Leominster, an English saint known to history principally through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript. He is professed to be entombed in Leominster. Leominster is also the historical home of Ryeland sheep, a breed at one time famed for its 'Lemster' wool, named 'Lemster ore'. This wool was esteemed above all other English wool in trade with the continent of Europe in the Middle Ages. It was the earnings and prosperity from this wool trade that built the town and the minster and tempted the envy of the Welsh and other areas. For all of your home renovations, make certain to identify dependable experts in Leominster to make certain of quality.