English Heritage sites near Rendcomb Parish
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
6 miles from Rendcomb 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.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
8 miles from Rendcomb 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.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
9 miles from Rendcomb 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.
WINDMILL TUMP LONG BARROW, RODMARTON
10 miles from Rendcomb Parish
A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.
HAILES ABBEY
12 miles from Rendcomb 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.
GREYFRIARS
13 miles from Rendcomb Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
Churches in Rendcomb Parish
St Peter's, Rendcomb
Rendcomb
01285 655199
http://www.churnvalley.org.uk
For details of this church, including service times, please refer to our website.
No churches found in Rendcomb Parish