English Heritage sites near Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
WALL ROMAN SITE
7 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
14 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
CROXDEN ABBEY
15 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
15 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
18 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
19 miles from Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
Churches in Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
St Michael's Brereton
Main Road, Brereton
Brereton
Rugeley
07919 416900
http://www.rugeleycofechurches.org
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Pubs in Brereton and Ravenhill Parish
Britannia
Closed by 2010 and converted into a vets.
Castle
Modern estate-style pub, dating from the era when architects worked with the radio on and liked brutalist style. Good value carvery food served in the lounge from 12-3pm (not Saturday). Basic bar with pool table. The single ale is in surpri...
Cedar Tree Hotel
118 Main Road, Brereton, WS15 1DY
(01889) 584241
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Hope & Anchor
Ordinary local boozer, no real ale but a nice log fire to detract you from the TV. Both rooms are mildly scruffy but comfortable. Large garden to the rear including a children's play area.
Miners Arms
Friendly, basic single room pub whose interior decor celebrates the era of coal mining in Brereton which ended in 1991. Tiny car park at the front, but parking close by is not difficult.
Mossley Tavern
Locals' pub on the edge of town. The modernised interior has an uncluttered open plan layout with pool, TV screens and multiple dart boards. Basic beer terrace at the rear overlooking the Trent & Mersey canal. Sunday lunches are offered.
Plough Inn
Plough Inn, Brereton
Red Lion Inn
Long, attractively painted roadside pub, with a bowling green to the rear and a simple lawned beer garden to one side. Choose either the bar with pool and sports TV, or the split level lounge with areas for both drinkers and diners. Disable...
St Thomas Priory Golf Club
St Thomas Priory Golf Club, Brereton
Talbot Inn
Talbot Inn, Brereton