English Heritage sites near Checkendon Parish
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE
13 miles from Checkendon Parish
Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
14 miles from Checkendon Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
15 miles from Checkendon Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
17 miles from Checkendon Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
23 miles from Checkendon Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
24 miles from Checkendon Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
Churches in Checkendon Parish
Checkendon: St Peter & St Paul
Main St
Checkendon
Reading
(01491) 680252
https://www.langtreechurches.org
A rural gem, dating to Norman times. A mixture of traditional choral and informal family friendly worship, on Sundays at 11am.
A lovely place to visit !
First Sunday: Morning Prayer at 11am
Second Sunday: Holy Communion at 11am in contemporary language
Third Sunday: Family Worship at 11am
Fourth Sunday: Family Communion at 11am in contemporary language.
Fifth Sunday: Please check our team website for the service time and location.
Pubs in Checkendon Parish
Black Horse
Four Horseshoes
Highwayman
Exlade Street, Checkendon, RG8 0UA
(01491) 682020
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