English Heritage sites near Whitchurch Parish
GOODRICH CASTLE
3 miles from Whitchurch Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
8 miles from Whitchurch 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.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
12 miles from Whitchurch Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
OFFA'S DYKE
12 miles from Whitchurch 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.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
13 miles from Whitchurch Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
16 miles from Whitchurch Parish
A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.
Churches in Whitchurch Parish
Whitchurch: St Dubricius
Pubs in Whitchurch Parish
Crown at Whitchurch
Old Ross Road, Whitchurch, HR9 6DB
(01600) 890808
whitchurchspicetandoori.com
Old Court Hotel
Symonds Yat West, HR9 6DA
(01600) 890367
oldcourthotel.co.uk/
Old Ferrie Inn
Ferrie Lane, Symonds Yat West, HR9 6BL
(01600) 890232
yeoldferrieinn.com