English Heritage sites near Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
MITCHELL'S FOLD STONE CIRCLE
10 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
A Bronze Age stone circle, the focus of many legends, set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley Hill. It once consisted of some 30 stones, 15 of which are still visible.
OLD OSWESTRY HILLFORT
11 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
The huge hillfort at Old Oswestry was probably the stronghold and principal settlement of an Iron Age tribe, with its 40 acres protected by formidable ramparts.
CANTLOP BRIDGE
11 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Built in 1813, this innovative, single-span, cast-iron road bridge over the Cound Brook was possibly designed and certainly approved by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
12 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Extensive remains of Augustinian abbey, including abbots' quarters, refectory & cloister. Chapter house frontage with 12th & 14th century carving & statuary, timber roof c.1500. Displays, picnic area.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
13 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Wroxeter (or 'Viroconium' ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
14 miles from Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
Churches in Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Cardeston: St Michael
A458
Cardeston
Shrewsbury
01743 851806
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=80
Cardeston Church is in the hamlet of Cardeston, which is signposted off the A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool Road around a mile from Ford. The Church is on your left at the top of the hill and parking is in the farm opposite the Church.
Services are on the second Sunday of each month at 11am
For more information please see our Hereford Diocese page:
Great Wollaston: St John the Baptist
A458
Great Wollaston
Shrewsbury
01743 851806
St John the Baptist Great Wollaston is in the hamlet of Great Wollaston. From the A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool road, between Halfway House and Middletown take the turning signed for the Bulthy.
The usual Service is at 11am on the Fourth Sunday of the month
St Michael & All Angels’
B4393
Alberbury
Shrewsbury
01743 851806
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=20
Alberbury Church is in the village of Alberbury, which is on the B4393 Ford to Four Crosses road about 4 miles from Ford.
Turn at the war memorial that is on the main road to get to the Church. There is some parking on the road with further available at the Village Hall which is on the main road just before the war memorial. Please take care when crossing the road! For Satnav use SY5 9AH.
Wattlesborough: St Margaret
A458
Wattlesborough
Shrewsbury
01743 851806
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=408
The Church sits alongside the A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool Road in Wattlesborough. Parking is on the opposite side of the road in the large pull in, and more can be found if required at the garage and shop further towards Welshpool. Please take care when crossing the road! For Satnav use SY5 9EA
Our usual service is Parish Communion at 9.30am on the Third Sunday of the month
For more information please see our page on the Hereford Diocese website:
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=408
Pubs in Alberbury with Cardeston Parish
Castle Country Club
Castle Country Club, Rowton
Halfway House Inn
This is a fairly large and well used local situated on the main road midway between Shrewsbury and Welshpool. The location gives the village its name, the 9 miles or so to each town being the distance a sheep drover could cover in a day. Th...
Seven Stars Inn
Adjoining the Halfway House and Grade II Listed, this is a former Heritage Pub, but is currently closed. According to the listing this is "A now extremely rare example of a rural beer-house which retains its single public room intact." It w...
Welsh Border Golf Complex
Welsh Border Golf Complex, Middletown
Windmill Inn
This pub has been in the same family for around 100 years and its atmosphere does have an air of continuity about it. The "new generation" of the family have been managing it since August 2013, but the feel of the Windmill is still there. T...