English Heritage sites near Blore with Swinscoe Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

7 miles from Blore with Swinscoe 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

9 miles from Blore with Swinscoe 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

12 miles from Blore with Swinscoe 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

15 miles from Blore with Swinscoe 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

16 miles from Blore with Swinscoe Parish

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

Peveril Castle

PEVERIL CASTLE

21 miles from Blore with Swinscoe Parish

Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.


Churches in Blore with Swinscoe Parish

Blore Ray S.Bartholomew

Pubs in Blore with Swinscoe Parish

Dog & Partridge Country Inn

Town End Lane, Swinscoe, Ashbourne, DE6 2HS
(01335) 343183
dogandpartridge.co.uk

Large inn with complex of chalet rooms attached set on top of Swinscoe Hill. Freehouse, usually up to three local microbrewery ales on offer.