English Heritage sites near Chelsworth Parish

Lindsey St James's Chapel

LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL

2 miles from Chelsworth Parish

A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.

Bury St Edmunds Abbey

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY

13 miles from Chelsworth Parish

The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.

Mistley Towers

MISTLEY TOWERS

13 miles from Chelsworth Parish

Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.

Lexden Earthworks and Bluebottle Grove

LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE

14 miles from Chelsworth Parish

The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.

Colchester, St Botolph's Priory

COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY

14 miles from Chelsworth Parish

The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.

St John's Abbey Gate

ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE

15 miles from Chelsworth Parish

This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.


Churches in Chelsworth Parish

Chelsworth, All Saints

Pubs in Chelsworth Parish

Peacock

37 The Street (B1115), Chelsworth, IP7 7HU
(01449) 743952
thepeacockchelsworth.com/

Classic, "olde worlde" charm abounds in this timber framed building. A massive inglenook fireplace can be found in one bar. Beers usually from Adnams, Woodfordes or Nethergate breweries. Also offering good food at reasonable prices.