English Heritage sites near Stanway Parish
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
3 miles from Stanway Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
3 miles from Stanway Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
3 miles from Stanway Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
MISTLEY TOWERS
12 miles from Stanway Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
14 miles from Stanway Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
LANDGUARD FORT
21 miles from Stanway Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
Churches in Stanway Parish
Stanway: St Albright
London Road/Church Lane
Stanway
Colchester
07484 265258
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Pubs in Stanway Parish
Live & Let Live
12 Millers Lane, Stanway, CO3 0PS
(01206) 574071
theliveandletlive.co.uk
Princess Charlotte
London Road, Stanway, CO3 8PB
(01206) 576577
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Swan Inn
285 London Road, Stanway, CO3 8LU
(01206) 211790
hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/essex/swan-inn/
White Hart
342 London Road, Stanway, CO3 8LT
(01206) 213411
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