English Heritage sites near Somersal Herbert Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
5 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
WALL ROMAN SITE
18 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
18 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
18 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
19 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
WINGFIELD MANOR
19 miles from Somersal Herbert Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
Churches in Somersal Herbert Parish
The Parish Church of St Peter & St Blaise (St P&B) Somersal Herbert
St Peter's is a peaceful village church in the lower dove valley south of Ashbourne. It is noted for its healing and retreat ministry. Our services are simple but dignified. We use the Common Praise hymnbook but are quite used to Taize and modern worship songs. We seek to be an inclusive community. We operate an 'open altar' policy at all our eucharists - all who love the Lord Jesus are welcome to share his body and blood at Holy Communion. On fifth Sundays we do not hold a service but have an event such as a Parish Breakfast, Harvest Lunch or Supper, Afternoon Tea. Everyone is welcome and our church is open 24/7.
You can find us on Facebook and on the South Dales Parishes Youtube channel.
No churches found in Somersal Herbert Parish