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On Friday 27 April, RNC Principal Sheila Tallon and students were joined by The Bishop, Dean and Mayor of Hereford to open and bless the new facility, which now greets visitors to the newly refurbished Cathedral Close at the west end of the Cathedral.

The model was made by local artist Matthew Hart, who worked closely with staff and students at the Royal National College in Hereford to create textured surfaces and Braille labels across the model, which points out places of interest and historic buildings that include the River Wye, Old House, Hereford City Museum, the Buttermarket and High Town, City churches and the three city bridges.

It is the most detailed tactile city map know to have been made and is displayed alongside historic maps of the city by Taylor (1757) and John Speed (1610).  Casting was managed by Barr and Grosvenor and CJ Bayliss and the project was funded by the Eveson Trust, RNIB, MLA West Midlands and Heritage Lottery Fund. 

 For more photographs of the event please click here.