English Heritage sites near Ingestre Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

11 miles from Ingestre 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.

Wall Roman Site

WALL ROMAN SITE

13 miles from Ingestre 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.

Boscobel House and The Royal Oak

BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK

14 miles from Ingestre Parish

Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.

White Ladies Priory

WHITE LADIES PRIORY

14 miles from Ingestre Parish

Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.

Lilleshall Abbey

LILLESHALL ABBEY

17 miles from Ingestre Parish

Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.

Iron Bridge

IRON BRIDGE

23 miles from Ingestre Parish

The world’s first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn here in 1779 by Abraham Darby III. Costing over £6000, the bridge was cast in his Coalbrookdale foundry, using 378 tons of iron.


Churches in Ingestre Parish

Ingestre S.Mary the Virgin

Next to Ingestre Hall Ingestre Stafford
(01785) 253493
https://stmaryschurch-ingestre.co.uk

The present church was built by Walter Chetwynd to a design attributed to Sir Christopher Wren. This is backed up by the existence of a drawing by Sir Christopher Wren labelled Mr Chetwynd's Tower, now in a collection of Wren drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Walter Chetwynd was a friend of Sir Christopher Wren and both were members of the Royal Society.


Pubs in Ingestre Parish

Ingestre Park Golf Club

Ingestre, ST18 0RE
(01785) 270845
ingestregolf.co.uk/

Ingestre Park Golf Club, Ingestre