English Heritage sites near Shobdon Parish
WIGMORE CASTLE
4 miles from Shobdon Parish
One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.
STOKESAY CASTLE
12 miles from Shobdon Parish
Stokesay Castle is quite simply the finest and best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England.
ARTHUR'S STONE
13 miles from Shobdon Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
CLUN CASTLE
13 miles from Shobdon Parish
11th century Welsh Border castle with dramatic riverside location and extensive earthworks built to proclaim Norman dominance. Tall 13th century keep is unusually set on the side of its mound.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
17 miles from Shobdon Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
17 miles from Shobdon Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
Churches in Shobdon Parish
Shobdon: St John the Evangelist
Pubs in Shobdon Parish
Bateman Arms
An unusual three-storey timber-framed, oak-panelled building that is mainly eighteenth century (some parts are older), that was given by the Bateman estate to the village. The main bar has a wood-burning stove and settle, and there is a res...