English Heritage sites near Bleasby Parish
RUFFORD ABBEY
10 miles from Bleasby Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
18 miles from Bleasby 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.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
20 miles from Bleasby Parish
'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
20 miles from Bleasby Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
21 miles from Bleasby Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
WINGFIELD MANOR
21 miles from Bleasby 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.
Churches in Bleasby Parish
St Mary
Main Street
Bleasby
Nottingham
07720010066
https://www.beneficeofwesttrent.org
Bleasby parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. It is located on the Main Street, in the heart of the old village and conservation area, about half a mile from the River Trent. Situated on a bend in the road it has an idyllic setting within a quintessential English country churchyard. The entrance is through a lychgate, which appears to be much older than it actually is.
St Mary's church is one of the 7 churches that are the Benefice of West Trent. For more details refer to our website.
There is always a warm friendly welcome. Stay after the service for coffee and conversation.
Situated on the Main Road with a small car park to the side of the church.
Pubs in Bleasby Parish
Waggon & Horses
Gipsy Lane, Bleasby, NG14 7GG
(01636) 830283
thewaggonbleasby.co.uk