Lugwardine

{{Short description|Village in Herefordshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| region = West Midlands

| unitary_england = Herefordshire

| shire_county = Herefordshire

| coordinates = {{coord|52.066|N|2.66|W}}

| static_image_name = Lugwardine Church - geograph.org.uk - 1596726.jpg

| postcode_area = HR

| postcode_district = HR1

| post_town = Hereford

| population = 1721

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| static_image_caption = St Peter's Church

| constituency_westminster = North Herefordshire

}}

Lugwardine is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, to the east of Hereford. It lies on the north-east bank of the River Lugg, which gives the village its name. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,721.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126161&c=HR1+3NA&d=16&e=62&g=6385899&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1446219268814&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=30 October 2015}}

The place-name 'Lugwardine' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Lucvordine. It appears as Lugwurthin in the Pipe Rolls of 1168. The name means 'enclosure or homestead on the (river) Lugg'.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.307.

The village lies on the A438 road; Lugwardine Bridge takes this road across the Lugg. There is a public house in the village called The Crown and Anchor.{{Cite web |url=http://crown-anchor.co.uk/ |title=Crown and Anchor |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125011904/http://crown-anchor.co.uk/ |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}

St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is in the village.[http://www.st-maryshigh.hereford.sch.uk/ St Mary's RC High School] official website There is also a primary school, shared with neighbouring Bartestree.[http://www.lugwardine.hereford.sch.uk/ Lugwardine Primary Academy]