Orleton is a small village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England, at grid reference SO493672.

[1] The village is midway between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster, both 5 miles (8.0 km) away.

In the Domesday Book, the ancient settlement was recorded as Arleton, referring to the alders.

[2] The village church is dedicated to St George, and contains a Norman nave, 14th-century stained-glass windows, and a 13th-century west tower.

[3] The 13th-century Bishop of Hereford, Adam Orleton, took his name from this village, may have been born here, and was a constant supporter of Roger Mortimer, the lord of the manor.