English Heritage sites near Onecote Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
8 miles from Onecote 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
10 miles from Onecote Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
13 miles from Onecote 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
17 miles from Onecote Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
PEVERIL CASTLE
18 miles from Onecote Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
SANDBACH CROSSES
18 miles from Onecote Parish
The two massive Saxon stone crosses, elaborately carved with animals and Biblical scenes including the Nativity of Christ and the Crucifixion, dominate the cobbled market square of Sandbach.
Churches in Onecote Parish
Onecote S.Luke
centre of the village
Onecote
Staffordshire
(01538) 304334
A small friendly local congregation meeting in a church building which still preserves many Georgian features. We try to be a church for the whole community.
Pubs in Onecote Parish
Jervis Arms
Cheadle rd, Onecote, ST13 7RU
(01538) 304204
jervis-arms.co.uk/