English Heritage sites near Mayfield Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

6 miles from Mayfield 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

12 miles from Mayfield 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

13 miles from Mayfield 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

16 miles from Mayfield 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

17 miles from Mayfield Parish

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

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

22 miles from Mayfield 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.


Churches in Mayfield Parish

Mayfield S.John the Baptist

Church Lane Mayfield Ashbourne
+441538702469
http://www.mayfieldparishchurch.org/

We are a very friendly Village Church with a thriving sunday school. Children are always welcome.


Pubs in Mayfield Parish

Rose & Crown

Main Road, Middle Mayfield, Ashbourne, DE6 2JT
(01335) 342498
roseandcrownmayfield.com

Set in a small village just outside Ashbourne, this is operated more along restaurant lines than being simply a pub with food, but you can drop in just for a drink. High quality food served, but note short serving times, especially lunchtim...