English Heritage sites near Shiplake Parish

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

Halliggye Fogou

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

Innisidgen Lower and Upper Burial Chambers

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

Harry's Walls

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

Garrison Walls

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Cromwell's Castle

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Shiplake Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.


Churches in Shiplake Parish

Shiplake: St Peter & St Paul

Church Lane Shiplake Reading
0118 940 3484
http://shiplakedunsdenharpsden.org.uk

Shiplake Church is an ancient church dating from 1229 and the Church where Alfred, Lord Tennyson married the Vicar's relative in 1850. It sits overlooking the Thames on a chalk escarpment, a mere 90 second walk from the Thames Path and is one of the churches included within the Oxford Diocese Thameside Pilgrim Way to be inaugurated in 2013.

The Church offers a blended mix of traditional and contemporary worship.


 


Pubs in Shiplake Parish

Baskerville

7 Station Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NY
(0118) 940 3332
thebaskerville.com

<strong>The Baskerville reopened on 16 December 2022 from 5pm under new owners for drinks and pizza. Their Facebook page has had the message about the closure deleted but otherwise has no news regarding the reopening. The Twitter feed has n...
Plough Shiplake

Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BX
(0118) 940 3999
theploughshiplake.co.uk

Reopened on 9 December 2022 for drinks and bar snacks initially because of an unfortunate oven fire on that morning. The kitchen opened on 16 December 2022. The opening & meal times are updated from their website as of 26 January 2023, and...