English Heritage sites near Southwick Parish
FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE
3 miles from Southwick 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
3 miles from Southwick 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.
BRATTON CAMP AND WHITE HORSE
5 miles from Southwick 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.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
6 miles from Southwick 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.
NUNNEY CASTLE
8 miles from Southwick 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
12 miles from Southwick 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 Southwick Parish
Southwick: St Thomas
Frome Road
Southwick
01225 774845
In 2008 the parish of North Bradley, Southwick and Heywood was joined with the parish of Steeple Ashton to form one Benefice in the Deanery of Bradford.
Services in our Benefice are taken by a member of the ministry team which currently comprises one full-time Vicar, a Licenced Lay Minister, a retired priest and a Lay Worship Leader.
Pubs in Southwick Parish
Axe & Cleaver
Farmhouse Inn
Frome Road, Southwick, BA14 9QD
(01225) 764366
farmhousesouthwick.co.uk/