English Heritage sites near Beckington Parish
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
4 miles from Beckington 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.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON TITHE BARN
5 miles from Beckington 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.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
6 miles from Beckington 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.
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
6 miles from Beckington 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.
NUNNEY CASTLE
6 miles from Beckington 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.
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE'S MONUMENT
13 miles from Beckington Parish
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
Churches in Beckington Parish
St George's, Beckington
Church Street
Beckington
FROME
07712 117721
https://beckingtonbenefice.org/
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Pubs in Beckington Parish
Foresters Arms
58 Goose Street, Beckington, BA11 6SS
(01373) 830864
theforestersbeckington.co.uk/
Full Moon
Lower Rudge, Rudge, BA11 2QF
(01373) 830936
fullmooninn.co.uk
Woolpack Inn
2 Warminster Road, Beckington, BA11 6SP
(01373) 831244
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