| Country: | England |
| Shire County: | Herefordshire |
| Unitary England: | Herefordshire |
| Population: | 336 |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.171°N -2.587°W |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Herefordshire |
| Civil Parish: | Pencombe with Grendon Warren |
| Postcode Area: | HR |
| Postcode District: | HR7 |
| Post Town: | Bromyard |
| Static Image Name: | Pencombe Church - geograph.org.uk - 113360.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The Church of St John |
Pencombe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pencombe with Grendon Warren, in Herefordshire, England. The village is 3.5miles south-west of Bromyard (the local market town with schools and a hospital) and about 10miles north-east of Hereford, in each case reached by minor roads.
A parish hall caters for community events and there are part time post office services provided every Tuesday (midday - 1pm) by a mobile unit. The village public house is the Wheelwright Arms.[1] Parish population in 2017 was estimated to be 336.
St John's Church is constructed in the Norman style of soft local red sandstone, and replaces a medieval building on the same site. In 2009 a female parish priest was appointed. Across the road is the former parish hall, opened in the 1890s, now a private dwelling. Other village buildings include Pencombe Court and Pencombe Church of England Primary School, both adjacent to the church. Pencombe Hall,[2] a private residential care home to the south of the village, with coach house, now a private dwelling, were built by John Hungerford Arkwright, of Hampton Court 6miles to the east, a descendant of Richard Arkwright.
Pencombe has a village cricket team, with no home ground, which plays Sunday friendly away games.[3]
Trade directory extract for Pencombe from 1863:
The New Zealand zoologist Charles Chilton was born in Pencombe in 1860.
In 1891 the parish had a population of 268.[4] On 30 September 1895 the parish was abolished and merged with Grendon Warren to form "Pencombe with Grendon Warren".[5]