English Heritage sites near Abney and Abney Grange Parish
PEVERIL CASTLE
4 miles from Abney and Abney Grange 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
9 miles from Abney and Abney Grange Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
10 miles from Abney and Abney Grange 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
10 miles from Abney and Abney Grange 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.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
16 miles from Abney and Abney Grange Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
18 miles from Abney and Abney Grange Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
No churches found in Abney and Abney Grange Parish
No churches found in Abney and Abney Grange Parish