English Heritage sites near Westbury Parish

Meare Fish House

MEARE FISH HOUSE

5 miles from Westbury Parish

The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.

Glastonbury Tribunal

GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL

6 miles from Westbury Parish

Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.

Stanton Drew Circles and Cove

STANTON DREW CIRCLES AND COVE

11 miles from Westbury Parish

Although this is the third largest complex of prehistoric standing stones in England, the three circles and three-stone ‘cove’ of Stanton Drew in Somerset are surprisingly little known. The Great Circle, 113 metres in diameter, is one of the largest stone circles in the country and has 26 surviving upright stones. Yet recent surveys have revealed that the circles and cove were just part of a much more elaborate and important ritual site than had previously been imagined.

Nunney Castle

NUNNEY CASTLE

15 miles from Westbury Parish

Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.

Muchelney Abbey

MUCHELNEY ABBEY

15 miles from Westbury Parish

Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow

STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW

16 miles from Westbury Parish

One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.


Churches in Westbury Parish

St Lawrence

Pubs in Westbury Parish

Westbury Inn