English Heritage sites near English Bicknor Parish
GOODRICH CASTLE
3 miles from English Bicknor Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
7 miles from English Bicknor 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.
OFFA'S DYKE
11 miles from English Bicknor Parish
An earthwork roughly following the Welsh/English boundary consisting of a ditch and rampart. Origins shrouded in mystery but possibly built in response to events involving the Princes of Powys.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
12 miles from English Bicknor 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
15 miles from English Bicknor 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.
OVER BRIDGE
15 miles from English Bicknor Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.