English Heritage sites near Pencoyd Parish

Goodrich Castle

GOODRICH CASTLE

6 miles from Pencoyd Parish

Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.

Rotherwas Chapel

ROTHERWAS CHAPEL

8 miles from Pencoyd 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 Mary's Church, Kempley

ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY

10 miles from Pencoyd 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.

Longtown Castle

LONGTOWN CASTLE

12 miles from Pencoyd 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.

St Briavels Castle

ST BRIAVELS CASTLE

14 miles from Pencoyd 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.

Arthur's Stone

ARTHUR'S STONE

16 miles from Pencoyd Parish

An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.


Churches in Pencoyd Parish

Pencoyd: St Denys

Pubs in Pencoyd Parish

Harewood End Inn

Harewood End, HR2 8JT
(01989) 730637
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An old roadside pub, which, in coaching days provided horses for the climb to Hereford, and which later housed a magistrates court. The compact and cosy bar with pool table leads out to a beer garden and to two separate eating areas, featur...