English Heritage sites near Orcop Parish

Rotherwas Chapel

ROTHERWAS CHAPEL

8 miles from Orcop 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.

Goodrich Castle

GOODRICH CASTLE

9 miles from Orcop Parish

Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.

Longtown Castle

LONGTOWN CASTLE

9 miles from Orcop Parish

A powerful thick-walled round keep of c.1150 on a large earthen mound within a stone-walled bailey. Set in the beautiful Olchon valley, with magnificent views of the Black Mountains.

St Mary's Church, Kempley

ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY

13 miles from Orcop Parish

Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.

Arthur's Stone

ARTHUR'S STONE

13 miles from Orcop Parish

An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.

St Briavels Castle

ST BRIAVELS CASTLE

15 miles from Orcop Parish

The fine twin-towered gatehouse, built by Edward I in 1292, once defended a crossbow bolt factory which used local iron. Once a prison, now a youth hostel in wonderful walking country.


Churches in Orcop Parish

Orcop: St John the Baptist

Pubs in Orcop Parish

Fountain Inn

Orcop Hill, Orcop, HR2 8EP
(01981) 540444

A small pub in a scattered community reopened in December 2016 after nearly five years of closure, it has been smartly refurbished, yet retains the atmosphere of a traditional village pub. The split-level layout includes a low-ceilinged pub...