English Heritage sites near Leigh Parish
ODDA'S CHAPEL
2 miles from Leigh 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.
OVER BRIDGE
6 miles from Leigh Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
GREYFRIARS
6 miles from Leigh Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
6 miles from Leigh 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.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
8 miles from Leigh 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.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
9 miles from Leigh 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.
Churches in Leigh Parish
St Catherine
Church Lane
The Leigh
(01) 242 680835
http://www.seventowers.org.uk
Part of the Seven Towers Group of Churches. Please see our website at www.seventowers.org.uk
Pubs in Leigh Parish
Swan Inn
Tewkesbury Road, Coombe Hill, GL19 4BA
(01242) 680227
swanatcoombehill.co.uk/