English Heritage sites near Winster Parish

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

2 miles from Winster 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.

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

5 miles from Winster 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.

Hob Hurst's House

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

6 miles from Winster Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

9 miles from Winster 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.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

14 miles from Winster 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.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

14 miles from Winster Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.


Churches in Winster Parish

St John the Baptist

Pubs in Winster Parish

Miners Standard

Bank Top, (B5056), Winster, DE4 2DR
(01629) 650279
theminersstandard.co.uk/

This delightful 17th century free house caters for tourists and is also popular with locals .Good value food is available including excellent pies.The name refers to the dish traditionally used by miners to measure lead ore. A wood burning...
Old Bowling Green Inn

East Bank,, Winster, DE4 2DS
(01629) 650219
peakparkpub.co.uk

Situated in the picturesque village of Winster just around the corner from the Market Hall, this charming old pub dates back to 1472 and features a traditional open fire complete with dog grate. A traditional village free house, it has bee...