English Heritage sites near Wheston Parish
PEVERIL CASTLE
4 miles from Wheston 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
8 miles from Wheston 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
11 miles from Wheston Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
11 miles from Wheston 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
20 miles from Wheston 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
20 miles from Wheston 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.
No churches found in Wheston Parish
No churches found in Wheston Parish