English Heritage sites near Gretton Parish
HAILES ABBEY
3 miles from Gretton 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.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
3 miles from Gretton 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
9 miles from Gretton 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.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
12 miles from Gretton Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
GREYFRIARS
13 miles from Gretton Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
13 miles from Gretton Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
Churches in Gretton Parish
Christ Church, Gretton
Pubs in Gretton Parish
Bugatti Inn
This white-washed pub was named, in 1972, after the famous Bugatti hill climb not far away. Pictures of Cornwall grace the walls. Bangladeshi and Indian fayre is the speciality. The Winchcombe Way starts here.
Royal Oak
Gretton Road, Gretton, GL54 5EP
(01242) 604999
royaloakgretton.co.uk/