English Heritage sites near St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
St John's-in-the-Vale
NY306225
St. John's in the Vale
(017687) 79714
The present building dates from 1845 though there has been a church on the site for much longer. Although located in an isolated spot, the road which passes the church was once an important road, part of a track which leads from Matterdale over to Wanthwaite and on to the Naddle Valley. The church welcomes many visitors who happen on the church on their journey over High Rigg. The building conveys a warm atmosphere which is conducive to peace and prayer.
Wythburn
Wythburn church stands at the southern end of Thirlmere in the Lake District. The parish was depopulated at the end of the 19th Cent in order to make way for the reservoir created by Manchester Corporation to supply the needs of the city. There are now only about 5 parishioners, but the church is still used and is placed in a superb situation at the foot of Helvellyn. A booklet on "Wythburn Church and the Valley of Thirlmere" has just been published (costing �3-75 incl p&p) and can be ordered from Revd C. G. Darrall, Piper House, Naddle, Keswick CA12 4TF. All proceeds are for the church. This booklet which is generously ilustrated in both colour and b&w has information about the church, its history, and the changes which have placed it in this rather isolated position without any dwellings nearby. The church is always open for visitors to pray or shelter from the weather!
Last Sunday of the month, June to September, 3pm
<span style="font-size: 1rem;">By candlelight!</span>
Pubs in St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish
Dale Head Hall Lakeside Hotel
Heights Hotel
Rakefoot Lane, Castlerigg, Keswick, CA12 4TE
(017687) 72251
theheightshotel.co.uk
Kings Head
Thirlspot, CA12 4TN
(017687) 72393
lakedistrictinns.co.uk/kings-head