English Heritage sites near Andoversford Parish
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
4 miles from Andoversford Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
HAILES ABBEY
7 miles from Andoversford Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
8 miles from Andoversford Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
11 miles from Andoversford Parish
The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
11 miles from Andoversford Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREYFRIARS
12 miles from Andoversford Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
Churches in Andoversford Parish
St Bartholomew
Whittington
(01242) 820404
http://www.colnriver.org.uk
For further details contact:
Church Office, Station Road, Andoversford, GL54 4LA
Tel: 01242 820404
For a full list of services this month check our website:-
http://www.colnriver.org.uk/
Pubs in Andoversford Parish
Andoversford Hotel
Royal Oak
Gloucester Road, Andoversford, GL54 4HR
(01242) 821426
theroyaloakcotswolds.co.uk/