English Heritage sites near Wardlow Parish

Peveril Castle

PEVERIL CASTLE

5 miles from Wardlow 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.

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

7 miles from Wardlow 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

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

8 miles from Wardlow Parish

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

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

8 miles from Wardlow 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.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

17 miles from Wardlow Parish

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

17 miles from Wardlow 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.


Churches in Wardlow Parish

The Good Shepherd

Pubs in Wardlow Parish

Three Stags' Heads

Mires Lane (A623), Wardlow Mires, SK17 8RW
(01298) 872268

A quaint 300 year old pub with two small rooms, stone-flagged floors and low ceilings. Unspoilt, it is one of the few pubs in the area identified by CAMRA as one of Britain's pubs with a Nationally Important Historic Pub Interior. An ancien...