English Heritage sites near Upleadon Parish
OVER BRIDGE
6 miles from Upleadon Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
6 miles from Upleadon 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.
GREYFRIARS
7 miles from Upleadon Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
BLACKFRIARS
7 miles from Upleadon Parish
One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
7 miles from Upleadon Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
12 miles from Upleadon Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
Churches in Upleadon Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Upleadon
https://www.upleadon-village.co.uk/st-mary-the-virgin/
Upleadon Church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, was greatly restored in 1969 and is probably well over a thousand years in origin. More info on the church and its history and activities may be found on the village website: www.upleadon-village.co.uk/st-marys-church/
No churches found in Upleadon Parish