English Heritage sites near Wentnor Parish
MITCHELL'S FOLD STONE CIRCLE
5 miles from Wentnor Parish
A Bronze Age stone circle, the focus of many legends, set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley Hill. It once consisted of some 30 stones, 15 of which are still visible.
STOKESAY CASTLE
8 miles from Wentnor Parish
Stokesay Castle is quite simply the finest and best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England.
CLUN CASTLE
9 miles from Wentnor Parish
11th century Welsh Border castle with dramatic riverside location and extensive earthworks built to proclaim Norman dominance. Tall 13th century keep is unusually set on the side of its mound.
LANGLEY CHAPEL
11 miles from Wentnor Parish
A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
11 miles from Wentnor Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
CANTLOP BRIDGE
12 miles from Wentnor Parish
Built in 1813, this innovative, single-span, cast-iron road bridge over the Cound Brook was possibly designed and certainly approved by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
Churches in Wentnor Parish
Wentnor: St Michael & All Angels
This Church is one of nine belonging to the OnnyCamlad Parish Group (named after the local rivers).
Our regular worshipping community is small and friendly and all visitors are most welcome.
The other parishes are Myndtown, Norbury, More, Lydham, Ratlinghope, Snead, Hyssington and Churchstoke.