English Heritage sites near Stanford Dingley Parish
DONNINGTON CASTLE
7 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE
7 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
16 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
CHISBURY CHAPEL
18 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
This pretty thatched and flintwalled 13th century chapel survived after the Reformation in 1547 by being used as a barn as part of Chisbury Farm.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
19 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
20 miles from Stanford Dingley Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
Churches in Stanford Dingley Parish
Stanford Dingley: St Denys
Stanford Dingley
Reading
(01635) 860220
http://www.2bsd.org.uk
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Pubs in Stanford Dingley Parish
Bull Inn
Stanford Dingley, RG7 6LS
(0118) 974 4582
thebullinnpub.com/
Old Boot Inn
Stanford Dingley, RG7 6LT
(0118) 974 5191
oldbootinnstanforddingley.co.uk/