English Heritage sites near Llangarron Parish
GOODRICH CASTLE
4 miles from Llangarron Parish
Goodrich stands majestically on a wooded hill commanding the passage of the River Wye into the picturesque valley of Symonds Yat.
ST BRIAVELS CASTLE
10 miles from Llangarron 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.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
11 miles from Llangarron 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.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
11 miles from Llangarron 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.
LONGTOWN CASTLE
13 miles from Llangarron 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.
OFFA'S DYKE
14 miles from Llangarron Parish
An earthwork roughly following the Welsh/English boundary consisting of a ditch and rampart. Origins shrouded in mystery but possibly built in response to events involving the Princes of Powys.
Churches in Llangarron Parish
Christ Church
The Church in Llangrove meets for Bible Study on Tuesday mornings at 10a.m. and for a Prayer Meeting at 7.30p.m. We meet on Zoom.
Ben, our Vicar emails out an 'Update' every weekend which includes a thought provoking 'Lightbite'. This update is shared with the rest of the villagers
We now have a programme of services where each church in the Benefice has a Holy Communion service each month and a lay-led service. The services at Christ church are a lay led service on the first Sunday of the month and a Holy Communion Service on the third Sunday of the month at 10a.m.
St Deinst
Llangarron
01989 770454
http://www.llangarron.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=55
For information about services please visit our website, or contact Rev Ben Bentham through this site.
Pubs in Llangarron Parish
Royal Arms
A lively village pub supporting darts and pool teams, it was originally a smithy, first called the Smiths Arms, but renamed in honour of Queen Victoria. A single bar serves a small public bar area with pool table and a larger lounge/restaur...