English Heritage sites near Great Ness Parish
OLD OSWESTRY HILLFORT
9 miles from Great Ness 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.
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
10 miles from Great Ness 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.
MORETON CORBET CASTLE
11 miles from Great Ness Parish
The ruins of the medieval castle and Tudor manor house of the Corbets are dominated by the theatrical shell of an ambitious Elizabethan mansion wing in Italianate style.
CANTLOP BRIDGE
12 miles from Great Ness 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.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
13 miles from Great Ness 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.
MITCHELL'S FOLD STONE CIRCLE
14 miles from Great Ness 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.
Churches in Great Ness Parish
Great Ness St. Andrew
Great Ness
Shrewsbury
(01939) 261234
http://www.churcharoundthecliffe.org.uk
We are a community of ordinary people on a journey together as we try to live out our Christian faith in the 21st century.
Every Sunday, you will find a rich variety of worship either here or in one of the other two churches in our benefice. That worship ranges from the beauty and rich tradition of Anglican liturgy and music to the informality of our monthly praise and worship.
Pubs in Great Ness Parish
Old Three Pigeons
Situated on what used to be the busy A5 route to North Wales, the Old Three Pigeons, having been in the same family for over thirty years, is a well established pub/restaurant. Although much of the space is devoted to dining in three rooms,...