English Heritage sites near Cinderford Parish
GOODRICH CASTLE
5 miles from Cinderford Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
8 miles from Cinderford Parish
The fine twin-towered gatehouse, built by Edward I in 1292, once defended a crossbow bolt factory which used local iron. Once a prison, now a youth hostel in wonderful walking country.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
11 miles from Cinderford Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
OFFA'S DYKE
11 miles from Cinderford Parish
An earthwork roughly following the Welsh/English boundary consisting of a ditch and rampart. Origins shrouded in mystery but possibly built in response to events involving the Princes of Powys.
OVER BRIDGE
12 miles from Cinderford Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
BLACKFRIARS
12 miles from Cinderford 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.
Churches in Cinderford Parish
Holy Trinity
St John the Evangelist
St Johns Square
Cinderford
(01594) 822286
http://www.cinderford-churches.org.uk/our-churches/st-johns-cinderford
Please visit our website for more information about St John's and The Benefice of Cinderford with Littledean
St Stephen's
Belle Vue Road
Cinderford
(01594) 822286
http://www.cinderford-churches.org.uk/our-churches/st-stephens-cinderford
Please visit our website for more information about St Stephen's and The Benefice of Cinderford with Littledean
