English Heritage sites near Preston on Wye Parish
ARTHUR'S STONE
4 miles from Preston on Wye Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
9 miles from Preston on Wye Parish
A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
9 miles from Preston on Wye 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.
WIGMORE CASTLE
17 miles from Preston on Wye 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.
GOODRICH CASTLE
18 miles from Preston on Wye Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
19 miles from Preston on Wye Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.