English Heritage sites near Collyweston Parish
APETHORPE PALACE
5 miles from Collyweston Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
KIRBY HALL
7 miles from Collyweston Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
8 miles from Collyweston Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
11 miles from Collyweston Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
14 miles from Collyweston Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
16 miles from Collyweston Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Collyweston Parish
St. Andrew's Church, Collyweston
Back Lane
Collyweston
Stamford
01780 479249
For more information, please see our pages on the Oundle Deanery website :- http://www.oundledeanery.org.uk/parishes/collyweston
Pubs in Collyweston Parish
Collyweston Slater
87-89 Main Road, Collyweston, PE9 3PQ
(01780) 444288
collywestonslaterpub.co.uk