English Heritage sites near Croft and Yarpole Parish
WIGMORE CASTLE
4 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.
STOKESAY CASTLE
10 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
Stokesay Castle is quite simply the finest and best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
13 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
CLUN CASTLE
14 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
11th century Welsh Border castle with dramatic riverside location and extensive earthworks built to proclaim Norman dominance. Tall 13th century keep is unusually set on the side of its mound.
ARTHUR'S STONE
17 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
17 miles from Croft and Yarpole Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
Churches in Croft and Yarpole Parish
Croft: St Michael & All Angels'
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Croft, is part of the Leominster Team Ministry.
Services and events to which you would be most welcome.
Early C14th with late C17th bell tower, St Michael's stands on land entirely owned by the National Trust (Croft Castle). There is a Communion service (BCP) once a month.
St. Leonard's Yarpole
Yarpole
Leominster
01568 614399
St Leonard's Church, Yarpole, is part of the Leominster Team Ministry.
St Leonard's is C14th with a detached bell tower of 1196 and Chancel, North Aisle of mid C19th. This inclusive Church has been radically re-ordered to incorporate a village shop which is open 7 days a week and the Gallery Cafe which is open 6 days a week. Further details of both of these can be found on www.yarpole.com. We offer you a warm welcome both in spirit and in physical heating, one of the warmest churches in Herefordshire.
Services are held in the building as per this schedule
1st Sunday of the month - 9.30 Communion Service is held at our sister church St Michael and All Angels at Croft Castle
2nd Sunday of the month - 9.30 Family Communion
3rd Sunday of the month - 8.30 Book of Common Prayer
4th Sunday of the month - 9.30 Non Communion act of worship which differs each month, run by members of the congregation.
5th Sundays - we take part in a service rota between the 6 parishes of the western group.
Pubs in Croft and Yarpole Parish
Bell Inn
Green Lane, Yarpole, HR6 0BD
(01568) 780515
thebellatyarpole.co.uk/