English Heritage sites near Fenny Bentley Parish

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

8 miles from Fenny Bentley 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

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

9 miles from Fenny Bentley 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.

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

10 miles from Fenny Bentley 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.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

12 miles from Fenny Bentley 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

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

14 miles from Fenny Bentley Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

19 miles from Fenny Bentley Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.


Churches in Fenny Bentley Parish

St Edmund King & Martyr

Ashes Lane Fenny Bentley Ashbourne
07704831769
http://peakfive.org/

A gem of a church set in a quiet village. Arts and Crafts decorative painting, peaceful, filled with prayers,  it is a special hidden treasure. 


Pubs in Fenny Bentley Parish

Bentley Brook Inn

Fenny Bentley, DE6 1LF
(01335) 350278
bentleybrookinn.co.uk

Large building set in v-junction of A515 & B5056. Usually at least two ales on from Marston's portfolio, plus free-trade guests.. Heavy emphasis on food, accomodation throughout and function rooms. Heavily used as a wedding venue, has separ...
Blue Bell Inn

Tissington, DE6 1NH
(01335) 350317

Large pub close to gates to Tissington village. Change of management in July 2017. Usually three or four ales on, heavy emphasis on food, good sized portions at decent prices.
Coach & Horses Inn

Fenny Bentley, DE6 1LB
(01335) 350246

Popular food-oriented pub on main road through village. Two decent ales usually on, excellent menu, good range of malt whiskies.