English Heritage sites near Leekfrith Parish
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
11 miles from Leekfrith 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.
SANDBACH CROSSES
14 miles from Leekfrith 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
14 miles from Leekfrith 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
16 miles from Leekfrith 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.
PEVERIL CASTLE
16 miles from Leekfrith 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
19 miles from Leekfrith Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
Churches in Leekfrith Parish
Meerbrook S.Matthew
Pubs in Leekfrith Parish
Lazy Trout
Meerbrook, ST13 8SN
(01538) 300385
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Olde Rock Inn
Old Buxton Road, Upper Hulme, ST13 8TY
(01538) 300324
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Three Horseshoes
Buxton Road, Blackshaw Moor, ST13 8TW
(01538) 300296
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