English Heritage sites near Steeple Ashton Parish
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
3 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
Below an Iron Age hillfort stands the Westbury White Horse. Cut into the hillside in 1778, it replaced an older horse, possibly commemorating King Alfred's nearby victory over the Vikings.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON TITHE BARN
5 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
A spectacular 14th century monastic stone barn, 51 metres (168 feet) long, with an amazing timber cruck roof. Originally a part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey.
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
6 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
Impressive 14th century castle with hidden treasures and sinister past. Chapel with rare medieval wall paintings and in the crypt, the best collection of human-shaped lead coffins in Britain.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
10 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.
HATFIELD EARTHWORKS (MARDEN HENGE)
12 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
The earthworks of a Neolithic henge and monumental mound, by a loop in the River Avon. Recent archaeological find of building equivalent to a priest’s quarters.
NUNNEY CASTLE
12 miles from Steeple Ashton Parish
Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.
Churches in Steeple Ashton Parish
Steeple Ashton: St Mary the Virgin
Church Street
Steeple Ashton
01225 774845
https://threeinonebenefice.org
In 2008 St Mary's, Steeple Ashton was amalgamated with the parish of North Bradley, Southwick and Heywood to form one Benefice in the Deanery of Bradford.
Services in our Benefice are taken by a member of the ministry team which currently comprises one full-time Vicar, a Licenced Lay Minister, a retired priest and a lay worship leader.
Pubs in Steeple Ashton Parish
Longs Arms
High Street, Steeple Ashton, BA14 6EU
(01380) 870245
longsarms.co.uk/