Heritage sites in NAPTON ON THE HILL PARISH

English Heritage sites near Napton on the Hill Parish

KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN

13 miles from Napton on the Hill 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.

DEDDINGTON CASTLE

19 miles from Napton on the Hill Parish

Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.

Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.

RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE

27 miles from Napton on the Hill Parish

This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.

KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE

27 miles from Napton on the Hill 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

28 miles from Napton on the Hill 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.

Churches in Napton on the Hill Parish

Napton on the Hill - St. Lawrence

Church Road Napton Napton-on-the-hill Southam
01926 812383
http://thebridgesgroup.org.uk/Napton

The name Napton means by derivation the village on the hill top, from Anglo-Saxon “cnaepp”, a hill top, and tun, a homestead or village; it is Neptone in the Domesday Book.

The church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building and stands on the summit of Napton Hill in the middle of a small churchyard to the north of the village. A local legend tells us, that the church was to have been built where the present village green is located. However, the stones which lay there ready for building were found to have been taken overnight to the top of the hill, and as a consequence the builders decided to erect the church where the Spirits had dictated.

Pubs in Napton on the Hill Parish

Bridge at Napton

Southam Road, Napton, CV47 8NQ

Permanently closed (1/12/16). From the road this pub appears petite but the open plan interior is deceptively spacious and offers a variety of seating. Many interesting historic photos of local and canal scenes. Good value home cooked food...

Crown Inn

High Street, Napton, CV47 8LZ

Former Watneys village local. Redecorated 15th Sept. 2013, this pub is in the heart of Napton and about 15 min walk from the Napton Locks. Now a children's nursery.

Folly

Folly Lane, Napton, CV47 8NZ
(01926) 815185
follyatnapton.co.uk/

One time farmhouse once called the Bull and Butcher. Closed as a pub from the 1940s to 1992. Famous now for home cooked food. Busy in summer, quiet in winter. Has a very welcoming landlord with a fine moustache and staff and dog biscuits on...

King's Head

Southam Road, Napton, CV47 8NG
(01926) 812202
kingsheadinnapton.co.uk/

Transformed in summer 2000 by Hook Norton, this pub was almost demolished to make way for houses and refurbished in 2013, the pub is in an ideal location for walkers and canal users.

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