English Heritage sites near Aston Subedge Parish
HAILES ABBEY
9 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
12 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
12 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
18 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
21 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
22 miles from Aston Subedge Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
Churches in Aston Subedge Parish
St Andrew
Aston-Sub-Edge
01386 841927
https://www.vace.church/
St Andrew's is a tiny church building dating from 1796, Grade 2* Listed. The village is 'an 'estate village', almost all of the houses belonging to the Norton Estate. Burnt Norton (of Four Quartets fame) lies within the parish.