English Heritage sites near Stanton Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
6 miles from Stanton Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
11 miles from Stanton 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
13 miles from Stanton 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
16 miles from Stanton 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
17 miles from Stanton Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
PEVERIL CASTLE
23 miles from Stanton 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.
No churches found in Stanton Parish
No churches found in Stanton Parish