English Heritage sites near Windley Parish
WINGFIELD MANOR
7 miles from Windley 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
12 miles from Windley 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
15 miles from Windley 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
15 miles from Windley 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
15 miles from Windley Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
CROXDEN ABBEY
16 miles from Windley 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.
No churches found in Windley Parish
Pubs in Windley Parish
Puss in Boots
The Puss in Boots is a traditional pub parts date from the 18th century. It has a separate bar and lounge, both with exposed wood beamed ceilings. Loyal regulars keep this pub alive and well, despite the small number of houses in the immedi...