English Heritage sites near Berkley Parish
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
5 miles from Berkley Parish
Impressive 14th century castle with hidden treasures and sinister past. Chapel with rare medieval wall paintings and in the crypt, the best collection of human-shaped lead coffins in Britain.
NUNNEY CASTLE
5 miles from Berkley Parish
Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
6 miles from Berkley Parish
Below an Iron Age hillfort stands the Westbury White Horse. Cut into the hillside in 1778, it replaced an older horse, possibly commemorating King Alfred's nearby victory over the Vikings.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
6 miles from Berkley Parish
One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON TITHE BARN
7 miles from Berkley Parish
A spectacular 14th century monastic stone barn, 51 metres (168 feet) long, with an amazing timber cruck roof. Originally a part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey.
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE'S MONUMENT
14 miles from Berkley Parish
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
Churches in Berkley Parish
St. Mary's, Berkley
Berkley
FROME
07712 117721
https://beckingtonbenefice.org/
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Pubs in Berkley Parish
Bell
Standerwick, Standerwick, BA11 2PR
(01373) 830413
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Frome Flyer Beefeater
Jenson Ave, Frome, BA11 2LD
(01373) 468980
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