English Heritage sites near Mapleton Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

8 miles from Mapleton 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.

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

10 miles from Mapleton 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.

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

11 miles from Mapleton 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

WINGFIELD MANOR

14 miles from Mapleton 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.

Hob Hurst's House

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

15 miles from Mapleton Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

21 miles from Mapleton Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.



Pubs in Mapleton Parish

Okeover Arms

Mapleton, DE6 2AB
(01335) 350305
theokeover.co.uk

Large pub set in small village in very good walking country - welcomes walkers, muddy boots and dogs. Free house with at least two and sometimes three ales on plus a decent cider or perry. Flagstoned floor and low ceiling, modern bar area....