English Heritage sites near Wormhill Parish
PEVERIL CASTLE
5 miles from Wormhill Parish
Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
8 miles from Wormhill Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
11 miles from Wormhill Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
12 miles from Wormhill Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
WINGFIELD MANOR
21 miles from Wormhill Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
21 miles from Wormhill Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
Churches in Wormhill Parish
St Margaret
B3048
Wormhill
Buxton
01298 871317
A community that loves God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and serves others in his name.
We warmly invite you to join us in worship in the beautiful Peak District.