English Heritage sites near Hope Woodlands Parish
PEVERIL CASTLE
6 miles from Hope Woodlands Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
17 miles from Hope Woodlands Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
MONK BRETTON PRIORY
17 miles from Hope Woodlands Parish
The substantial ruins of a Cluniac monastery, with an unusually well-marked ground plan, an almost complete west range and a 15th-century gatehouse.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
17 miles from Hope Woodlands 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
19 miles from Hope Woodlands 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.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
23 miles from Hope Woodlands Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
No churches found in Hope Woodlands Parish
Pubs in Hope Woodlands Parish
Snake Pass Inn
Ashopton Woodlands, Bamford, S33 0BJ
(01433) 651480
thesnakepassinn.co.uk