English Heritage sites near Draycott in the Moors Parish
CROXDEN ABBEY
5 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
19 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
SANDBACH CROSSES
19 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
The two massive Saxon stone crosses, elaborately carved with animals and Biblical scenes including the Nativity of Christ and the Crucifixion, dominate the cobbled market square of Sandbach.
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
21 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
WALL ROMAN SITE
21 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
LILLESHALL ABBEY
22 miles from Draycott in the Moors Parish
Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.
Churches in Draycott in the Moors Parish
Draycott le Moors S.Margaret
Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-Le-Moors
Draycott le Moors
Stoke-on-Trent
(01782) 437600
http://www.stmargaretsdraycott.org.uk
A thirteenth century church, much re-built in the early nineteenth century with a fine early English bell tower and a medieval family chapel dedicated to tombs of the Draycott family.
Today the church serves Draycott, Cresswell and surrounding country and is a part of a united benefice with St Peter's Forsbrook in nearby Blythe Bridge.
Pubs in Draycott in the Moors Parish
Draycott Arms
Cheadle Road, Draycott in the Moors, ST11 9RQ
(01782) 911030
thedraycottarms.com
Golden Keg
56 Uttoxeter Road, Draycott in the Moors, ST11 9NR
(01782) 388455
goldenkeg.co.uk/
Izaak Walton
Large, open-plan pub between Stoke-on-Trent and Cheadle, still offering plenty of inglenooks for a quiet drink. The accent is on food, served all day and there is a large car park outside. There is a pleasant beer garden with good views of...