English Heritage sites near Weare Parish
MEARE FISH HOUSE
7 miles from Weare Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
10 miles from Weare Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
STANTON DREW CIRCLES AND COVE
13 miles from Weare Parish
Although this is the third largest complex of prehistoric standing stones in England, the three circles and three-stone ‘cove’ of Stanton Drew in Somerset are surprisingly little known. The Great Circle, 113 metres in diameter, is one of the largest stone circles in the country and has 26 surviving upright stones. Yet recent surveys have revealed that the circles and cove were just part of a much more elaborate and important ritual site than had previously been imagined.
TEMPLE CHURCH
17 miles from Weare Parish
The 'leaning tower' and walls of this large late medieval church survived bombing during the Second World War. The graveyard is now a peaceful public garden.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
17 miles from Weare Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
20 miles from Weare Parish
One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.
Churches in Weare Parish
St Gregory, Weare
Sparrow Hill
Weare
Cheddar
(01934) 733973
http://www.crookpeakparish.org.uk/
A wonderful building dating from around 1350. Inside it has a Jacobean pulpit (with a holder for an hour-glass nearby) and also a hat-peg for the rector just outside the door.
The clergy stalls and chancel feature wooden carvings on the life of St Gregory from a studio of lady carvers at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Pubs in Weare Parish
Lamb Inn
Turnpike Road, Lower Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2JF
(01934) 732384
thelambatweare.co.uk
Wheatsheaf Inn
Notting Hill Way, Stone Allerton, BS26 2NH
(01934) 444333
valleysmokehouse.shop/wheatsheaf