English Heritage sites near Randwick and Westrip Parish
NYMPSFIELD LONG BARROW
4 miles from Randwick and Westrip Parish
Large Neolithic burial mound with spectacular views over the Severn Valley. Built by earliest farming communities in the Cotswolds almost 5,000 years ago. Internal chambers are uncovered for viewing.
ULEY LONG BARROW (HETTY PEGLER'S TUMP)
4 miles from Randwick and Westrip Parish
A partly reconstructed Neolithic chambered mound, 37 metres (120 ft) long, atmospherically sited overlooking the Severn Valley. 'Hetty Pegler' was its 17th century landowner.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
7 miles from Randwick and Westrip 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.
BLACKFRIARS
8 miles from Randwick and Westrip 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.
GREYFRIARS
8 miles from Randwick and Westrip Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
OVER BRIDGE
8 miles from Randwick and Westrip Parish
A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
Churches in Randwick and Westrip Parish
St John the Baptist
Pubs in Randwick and Westrip Parish
Carpenters Arms
Redhouse Lane, Stroud, Westrip, GL6 6EY
(01453) 297728
thecarpentersarmswestrip.co.uk
Vine Tree Inn
The Stocks, Randwick, GL6 6JA
(01453) 763748
thevinetreerandwick.co.uk/