English Heritage sites near Woodmancote Parish
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
3 miles from Woodmancote Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
HAILES ABBEY
5 miles from Woodmancote Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
7 miles from Woodmancote Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
10 miles from Woodmancote Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
GREYFRIARS
11 miles from Woodmancote Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
11 miles from Woodmancote Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
No churches found in Woodmancote Parish
Pubs in Woodmancote Parish
Apple Tree
Stockwell Lane, Woodmancote, GL52 9QG
(01242) 673277
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Cleeve Hill Golf Club
Cleeve Hill, GL52 3PW
(01242) 672025
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High Roost
Rising Sun Hotel
Cleeve Hill, GL52 3PX
(01242) 676281
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Saffron Lounge
Station Road, Woodmancote, GL52 9JG
(01242) 672297
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