English Heritage sites near King Sterndale Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
7 miles from King Sterndale 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.
PEVERIL CASTLE
8 miles from King Sterndale 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
11 miles from King Sterndale 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
13 miles from King Sterndale Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
CROXDEN ABBEY
20 miles from King Sterndale 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
21 miles from King Sterndale 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.
Churches in King Sterndale Parish
Christ Church, King Sterndale
King Sterndale
Buxton
(01298) 77856
http://www.buxtonparish.org.uk
Christ Church King Sterndale was founded 160 years ago to serve the villages of King Sterndale, Cowdale and Staden in the Parish of Buxton. Today the church welcomes many visitors from Buxton and surrounding areas who like to worship in this beautiful historic country church. The church is deceptively large inside, seating up to 100 people.
A haven of peace in a busy world, Christ Church is always available for visitors to pray or to get in touch with God.
A beautifully remote rural church, a little off the beaten track, but nonetheless a popular stop-off point for ramblers and other visitors.
Open daily from dawn to dusk.
No churches found in King Sterndale Parish