English Heritage sites near Asheldham Parish
HADLEIGH CASTLE
14 miles from Asheldham Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
15 miles from Asheldham Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
15 miles from Asheldham Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
15 miles from Asheldham Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
MISTLEY TOWERS
21 miles from Asheldham Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
UPNOR CASTLE
23 miles from Asheldham Parish
Set in tranquil grounds adjoining a riverside village, this rare example of an Elizabethan artillery fort was begun in 1559 and redeveloped in 1599-1601, to protect warships at Chatham dockyards.
No churches found in Asheldham Parish
No churches found in Asheldham Parish