English Heritage sites near Marchington Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
7 miles from Marchington 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
15 miles from Marchington Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
17 miles from Marchington 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
21 miles from Marchington 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
22 miles from Marchington 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
22 miles from Marchington 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.
Churches in Marchington Parish
Marchington St.Peter
Church Lane
Marchington
Uttoxeter
01889 562915
https://www.stpetersmarchington.org.uk
Full details of the church services, along with a brief history of the building and further contact details, are on our website (opens in new tab/window). The site is updated monthly, so the services and events information should be up to date.
Marchington Woodlands St. John
Hodge Lane
Marchington Woodlands
Uttoxeter
01889 562915
http://www.marchingtonwoodlandschurch.co.uk
Full details of the church services, along with a brief history of the building and further contact details, are on our website (opens in new tab/window). The site is updated monthly, so the services and events information should be up to date.
Pubs in Marchington Parish
Barn
Stubby Lane, Marchington, ST14 8LX
(01283) 204431
thebarnindian.com
Blacksmiths Arms
Bulls Head
Dog & Partridge
Church Lane, Marchington, ST14 8LJ
(01283) 820394
dogandpartridgemarchington.co.uk/
Uttoxeter Cricket Club
Jack's Lane, Marchington, ST14 8LW
07961 208354
uttoxeter.play-cricket.com/home