English Heritage sites near Brinklow Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
10 miles from Brinklow Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
17 miles from Brinklow Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
JEWRY WALL
18 miles from Brinklow Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
23 miles from Brinklow 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
24 miles from Brinklow 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
26 miles from Brinklow Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Brinklow Parish
Brinklow - St. John the Baptist
Broad Street
Brinklow
Rugby
01788 832098
Our Grade 2* medieval church is set in the heart of the conservation area of the village of Brinklow, nr Rugby, Warwickshire. It is open every day and visitors are very welcome. Brinklow is situated on the Roman road, the Fosse Way. The church is built on the side of the Tump. an early motte and bailey, and unusually the chancel and nave floors slope from east to west. We are one of 6 parishes in the Revel benefice - the others being Churchover, Harborough Magna with Easenhall, Monks Kirby with Pailton & Stretton under Fosse and Willey.
Our mission is:
To love, serve and worship God
To love and serve one another, our local neighbourhood and the wider world
To live, speak and share with others the good news of Jesus Christ
For Parish enquiries please contact:
Revd Martin Faulkner - email: [email protected]
Church Warden - Mrs Jenny Wykes 01788 832098