English Heritage sites near Uffington Parish
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
0 miles from Uffington 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.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
4 miles from Uffington 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.
MORETON CORBET CASTLE
5 miles from Uffington 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
6 miles from Uffington 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.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
8 miles from Uffington Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
LANGLEY CHAPEL
9 miles from Uffington Parish
A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.
Churches in Uffington Parish
Uffington Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church
Church Road
Uffington
Shrewsbury
01952 252078
http://haughmondandwrekin.org.uk
The church building is entirely of 1856 by S. Pountney Smith, which replaced a medieval building. It is built of tooled Grinshill sandstone ashlar. The chancel and nave are in one, with a south chapel and a narrow north aisle. There is a timber framed south porch. Towards the road the gable end of the chancel displays a wheel window over three lancets. There are patterned tiles throughout the church. In the windows there is 16th and 17th century glass from the Netherlands and Germany, and the square panels in the lancets in the south of the nave came from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland, two of which are date 1579 and 1658. (See Pevsner)
The churchyard is a conservation area and has won awards from the Diocese of Lichfield.
Perhaps the most interesting fact about this church is that Wilfred Owen, the well-known first world war poet, used to attend it, crossing the river from Shrewsbury in a coracle!
Pubs in Uffington Parish
Corbet Arms
A large and imposing dining pub which was extensively renovated in 2010. The emphasis is on dining using the large open plan lounge area, and the conservatory. This may not be to everyone's taste as the flooring is boarded making it rather...