English Heritage sites near Tellisford Parish
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
2 miles from Tellisford Parish
Impressive 14th century castle with hidden treasures and sinister past. Chapel with rare medieval wall paintings and in the crypt, the best collection of human-shaped lead coffins in Britain.
BRADFORD-ON-AVON TITHE BARN
4 miles from Tellisford Parish
A spectacular 14th century monastic stone barn, 51 metres (168 feet) long, with an amazing timber cruck roof. Originally a part of the medieval farmstead belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
4 miles from Tellisford 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.
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
7 miles from Tellisford Parish
Below an Iron Age hillfort stands the Westbury White Horse. Cut into the hillside in 1778, it replaced an older horse, possibly commemorating King Alfred's nearby victory over the Vikings.
NUNNEY CASTLE
7 miles from Tellisford 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.
SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE'S MONUMENT
11 miles from Tellisford Parish
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
Churches in Tellisford Parish
All Saints
The Street
Tellisford
Bath
(01373) 831228
http://www.hardingtonvale.org.uk
A beautiful rural church set in the small hamlet of Tellisford, there are services alternate Tuesday evenings at 6.00 pm.
There is usually a Matins on a 2nd Sunday and a Holy Communion service on a 4th Sunday all starting at 9.00 am. For the most up-to-date information on services and other activities around the Parish please check our website:-
Pubs in Tellisford Parish
Mill
Red Lion
Bath Road, Woolverton, BA2 7QS
(01373) 830350
redlionwoolverton.co.uk/