English Heritage sites near Stoke Orchard Parish
ODDA'S CHAPEL
3 miles from Stoke Orchard 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.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
7 miles from Stoke Orchard 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.
GREYFRIARS
8 miles from Stoke Orchard Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
8 miles from Stoke Orchard 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.
OVER BRIDGE
8 miles from Stoke Orchard Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
HAILES ABBEY
8 miles from Stoke Orchard 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.
Churches in Stoke Orchard Parish
St James the Great
Stoke Orchard
01452 780880
http://severnsidebeneficewithtwyning.org.uk
This church is part of the wider Severnside Benefice, which comprises the Parishes of Chaceley, Forthampton, Deerhurst with Apperley, and Tredington with Stoke Orchard and Hardwicke.
The Benefice is set in the beautiful Severn Vale, and is part of the Diocese of Gloucester.
St James is a Compostella pilgrim church, and has many features of interest including significant wall paintings.
St John the Baptist
Tredington
01452 780880
http://severnsidebeneficewithtwyning.org.uk
This church is part of the wider Severnside Benefice, which comprises the Parishes of Chaceley, Forthampton, Deerhurst with Apperley, and Tredington with Stoke Orchard and Hardwicke.
The Benefice is set in the beautiful Severn Vale, and is part of the Diocese of Gloucester.
A particularly interesting feature of this church is its wooden steeple.
Pubs in Stoke Orchard Parish
Sherdons Golf Centre
Manor Farm, Tredington, Tewkesbury, GL20 7BP
(01684) 271591
sherdons.co.uk/