English Heritage sites near Chedworth Parish
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
7 miles from Chedworth Parish
The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
8 miles from Chedworth 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.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
9 miles from Chedworth 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.
HAILES ABBEY
11 miles from Chedworth 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.
WINDMILL TUMP LONG BARROW, RODMARTON
12 miles from Chedworth Parish
A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.
GREYFRIARS
14 miles from Chedworth Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
Churches in Chedworth Parish
St Andrew
Pubs in Chedworth Parish
Inn at Fossebridge
Fossebridge, GL54 3JS
(01285) 720721
innatfossebridge.co.uk/
Seven Tuns
Queen Street, Chedworth, GL54 4AE
(01285) 720630
seventuns.co.uk