English Heritage sites near Denstone Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
2 miles from Denstone 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
14 miles from Denstone 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
17 miles from Denstone 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
19 miles from Denstone 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
21 miles from Denstone Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
WALL ROMAN SITE
22 miles from Denstone Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
Churches in Denstone Parish
Denstone All Saints
on the B5031
Denstone
Uttoxeter
(01889) 591748
We are a small but friendly congregation in a beautiful and historically important church. Our building has recently been improved. We now have toilet and kitchen facilities plus car parking.
Ellastone S.Peter
Church Lane, Ellastone
Ellastone
Uttoxeter
(01538) 702469
A welcoming Church about 850 years old but modernised in 2011, beautifully located at the foot of the Weaver Hills. In addition to Sunday Services the Church is open at weekends from March till October.
Stanton S.Mary
Pubs in Denstone Parish
Denstone Hall Farm Shop Cafe
Main Road, Denstone, ST14 5HF
(01889) 590050
denstonehall.co.uk/
JCB Lakeside Club
Tavern
College Road, Denstone, ST14 5HR
(01889) 739861
thetaverndenstone.co.uk/
