English Heritage sites near Down Hatherley Parish
GREYFRIARS
3 miles from Down Hatherley Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
4 miles from Down Hatherley 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.
OVER BRIDGE
4 miles from Down Hatherley Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
4 miles from Down Hatherley Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
6 miles from Down Hatherley Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
10 miles from Down Hatherley Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
No churches found in Down Hatherley Parish
No churches found in Down Hatherley Parish