English Heritage sites near Bonsall Parish

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

3 miles from Bonsall 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

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

7 miles from Bonsall Parish

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

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

7 miles from Bonsall 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.

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

8 miles from Bonsall 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.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

12 miles from Bonsall 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.

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

12 miles from Bonsall 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.


Churches in Bonsall Parish

St James Apostle, Bonsall

Bonsall Matlock
01629824707
http://wirksworthteamministry.co.uk/

St James stands at the top of the village. It has an extensive churchyard and is a warm and welcoming church which has a strong link with the Church of England school next door.


Pubs in Bonsall Parish

Barley Mow Inn

The Dale, Bonsall, DE4 2AY
(01629) 825685
barleymowbonsall.co.uk

Traditional 18th Century pub with live music Friday & Saturday nights. This delightful single roomed rural country inn is famed for hosting the Annual Hen Racing World Championships on the first Saturday in August and is also home of the re...
Kings Head

62 Yeoman St, Bonsall, DE4 2AA
(01629) 356874
kingsheadbonsall.co.uk/

A cosy two-room olde worlde pub in the centre of this quiet limestone village, popular with walkers/ramblers and locals alike. Ales from the Batemans Brewery plus beers from the Batemans portfolio