English Heritage sites near Weston-in-Gordano Parish
TEMPLE CHURCH
9 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
The 'leaning tower' and walls of this large late medieval church survived bombing during the Second World War. The graveyard is now a peaceful public garden.
STANTON DREW CIRCLES AND COVE
12 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
Although this is the third largest complex of prehistoric standing stones in England, the three circles and three-stone ‘cove’ of Stanton Drew in Somerset are surprisingly little known. The Great Circle, 113 metres in diameter, is one of the largest stone circles in the country and has 26 surviving upright stones. Yet recent surveys have revealed that the circles and cove were just part of a much more elaborate and important ritual site than had previously been imagined.
OFFA'S DYKE
16 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
An earthwork roughly following the Welsh/English boundary consisting of a ditch and rampart. Origins shrouded in mystery but possibly built in response to events involving the Princes of Powys.
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE'S MONUMENT
17 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
20 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
The fine twin-towered gatehouse, built by Edward I in 1292, once defended a crossbow bolt factory which used local iron. Once a prison, now a youth hostel in wonderful walking country.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
21 miles from Weston-in-Gordano Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
Churches in Weston-in-Gordano Parish
St Peter & St Paul
Pubs in Weston-in-Gordano Parish
White Hart
Clevedon Road, Weston in Gordano, BS20 8PU
(01275) 818702
whitehartwig.com