English Heritage sites near Peldon Parish
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
6 miles from Peldon Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
6 miles from Peldon Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
7 miles from Peldon Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
MISTLEY TOWERS
12 miles from Peldon Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
18 miles from Peldon Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
LANDGUARD FORT
20 miles from Peldon Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
Churches in Peldon Parish
Peldon: St Mary The Virgin
Pubs in Peldon Parish
Peldon Rose
Colchester Road, Peldon, CO5 7QJ
(01206) 735248
thepeldonroseinn.co.uk/
Plough
Lower Road, Peldon, CO5 7QR
(01206) 735808
thepeldonplough.com/