English Heritage sites near Anslow Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
11 miles from Anslow Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
CROXDEN ABBEY
12 miles from Anslow 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
14 miles from Anslow 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
21 miles from Anslow Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
24 miles from Anslow 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
24 miles from Anslow Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
Churches in Anslow Parish
Holy Trinity Anslow
Hanbury Road
Anslow
Burton-on-Trent
(01283) 814802
A small and friendly church in rural Anslow.
On 2nd and 3rd Sundays we use the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
Our 4th Sunday of the month service are called "worship for all" and are designed to be child and family friendly.
You are welcome to tea, coffee, and biscuits in the Trinity Room after each service.
We are located at:
Holy Trinity, Anslow
Hanbury Road
Anslow Gate
Anslow
BURTON UPON TRENT
Staffordshire
DE13 9QT
and our Rector is: Revd Phyllis Bainbridge. She was licensed to our benefice on 14 December 2019.
The Rectory is is Rolleston on Dove. Land line 01283 814802.
Families are especially invited to our monthly "Worship for All" - (4th Sundays) which always includes some craft work. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">in Covid era there is an activity pac, linked to the theme</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> to take home at the end of the service.</span>
Pubs in Anslow Parish
Acorn Inn
This lively and friendly local, once part of the Bass pub estate but now a privately-owned free-house, is thought to date back to the 19th-century.
The public bar is located at the front of the pub (note collection of old cameras on high s...
Bell Inn
Main Road, Anslow, DE13 9QD
(01283) 812838
thebellinn-anslow.co.uk
Burnt Gate Inn
Attractive privately-owned free-house, with parts of the building around 300 years old, adorned with hanging baskets, window boxes and flower troughs in summer. Interior features two large, smart, bar areas with dark wood ceiling beams, an...
New Inn
Old 18th-century coaching inn, close to St. Georges Park, the new home of the English Football Academy. A large L-shaped main room has a 'public bar' at one end and a lounge / dining area at the other. There is a separate 'poachers room'...