English Heritage sites near Norbury and Roston Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

4 miles from Norbury and Roston 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

14 miles from Norbury and Roston 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

16 miles from Norbury and Roston 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

18 miles from Norbury and Roston 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

20 miles from Norbury and Roston Parish

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

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

21 miles from Norbury and Roston 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.


Churches in Norbury and Roston Parish

St Mary & St Barlock

Pubs in Norbury and Roston Parish

Roston Inn

Roston, DE6 2EE
(01335) 324410

Off the beaten track at edge of tiny village - had been closed for a time in 2013, but re-opened again towards end of that year. Under new management from early 2016. Very welcoming and friendly, very good quality Pedigree on handpump. The...