English Heritage sites near Peterstow Parish
GOODRICH CASTLE
3 miles from Peterstow Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
8 miles from Peterstow Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
8 miles from Peterstow Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
13 miles from Peterstow Parish
The fine twin-towered gatehouse, built by Edward I in 1292, once defended a crossbow bolt factory which used local iron. Once a prison, now a youth hostel in wonderful walking country.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
15 miles from Peterstow Parish
A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.
OVER BRIDGE
16 miles from Peterstow Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
Churches in Peterstow Parish
Peterstow: St Peter
Pubs in Peterstow Parish
Red Lion
Winters Cross, Peterstow, HR9 6LH
(01989) 730546
redlionpeterstow.co.uk