English Heritage sites near Cricklade Parish
CIRENCESTER AMPHITHEATRE
7 miles from Cricklade Parish
The earthwork remains of one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in Britain, built in the early 2nd century to serve the important city of Corinium, now Cirencester.
WINDMILL TUMP LONG BARROW, RODMARTON
10 miles from Cricklade Parish
A Neolithic chambered tomb with an enigmatic 'false entrance'. Opinions vary as to why this false entrance was built.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
12 miles from Cricklade 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.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
13 miles from Cricklade 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.
WINDMILL HILL, AVEBURY
13 miles from Cricklade Parish
Classic Neolithic causewayed enclosure, with three concentric but intermittent ditches. Large quantities of animal bones found here indicate feasting, animal trading or rituals, or perhaps all three.
AVEBURY
14 miles from Cricklade Parish
With its huge circular bank and ditch and inner circle of great standing stones, covering an area of over 28 acres, Avebury forms one of the most impressive prehistoric sites in Britain.
Churches in Cricklade Parish
St Sampson
Bath Road
Cricklade
(01793) 979304
https://www.upperthames.org.uk/st-sampsons-cricklade/
St Sampson’s church aims to be a warm (the people and the building!) and welcoming Christian community. We have a variety of worship services from more traditional services right through to informal worship and our church members are aged 8 months to 80 with almost everything in between! We have an active music group, choir and bell-ringing group.
And it’s not just about the Sunday services … there are a number of small groups running throughout the week for Bible study, fellowship and discussion in venues as diverse as the church, homes and the pub. We have good links with our local primary school and have an S Club for children on a Sunday morning.
We hope you’ll find a place to belong and most importantly a place to worship God, meet with Jesus and grow in faith. We want to empower people to use their gifts and talents to make the church the best it can be and reach out to people in Cricklade.
Come along and see for yourself! We’d love to meet you!
Pubs in Cricklade Parish
Bel Cibo
The Vale Hotel closed before Christmas 2012 and re-opened as Bel Cibo - an Italian restaurant - in February 2013. It did have real ale later, but closed again early Sep-13.
Cricklade Hotel & Country Club
Hotel and members club, privately owned.
Old Bear
101 High Street, Cricklade, SN6 6AA
(01793) 750005
arkells.com/pubs_more2.php?id=635
Red Lion
74 High Street, Cricklade, SN6 6DD
(01793) 750776
theredlioncricklade.co.uk/
Vale of White Horse Social Club
White Hart Hotel
High Street, Cricklade, SN6 6AA
(01793) 750206
thewhitehartcricklade.co.uk/
White Lion
The White Lion (Punch Tavern) shut in mid-Jan-14 after having been for sale for a long time at £400k. It appears to have been sold for less.
Cricklade Town Council approved a Change of Use from A4 Public House to single C3 Residential Prop...