English Heritage sites near Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
ODDA'S CHAPEL
3 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
7 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
GREYFRIARS
7 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
7 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
OVER BRIDGE
7 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
8 miles from Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
No churches found in Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
Pubs in Elmstone Hardwicke Parish
Gloucester Old Spot
Piff's Elm, Tewkesbury Road, Elmstone Hardwicke, GL51 9SY
(01242) 680321
thegloucesteroldspot.co.uk/