English Heritage sites near Woodmancote Parish
BRAMBER CASTLE
4 miles from Woodmancote Parish
The remains of a Norman castle on the banks of the River Adur, founded by William de Braose soon after the Norman Conquest.
BOXGROVE PRIORY
21 miles from Woodmancote Parish
The guest house and other remains of a Benedictine priory: much of the fine 12th to 14th century monastic church survives as the parish church.
PEVENSEY CASTLE
26 miles from Woodmancote Parish
With a history stretching back over 16 centuries, Pevensey Castle chronicles more graphically than any other fortress the story of Britain's south coast defences.
BAYHAM OLD ABBEY
29 miles from Woodmancote Parish
Bayham Abbey makes a fascinating day out on the Kent Sussex border. The impressive ruins include much of the 13th to 15th-century church, the chapter house, and a picturesque 14th-century gatehouse.
WAVERLEY ABBEY
29 miles from Woodmancote Parish
Fragments of the church and monastic buildings of the first Cistercian abbey in England, founded in 1128.
HOME OF CHARLES DARWIN - DOWN HOUSE
31 miles from Woodmancote Parish
Down House is a site of outstanding international significance. Here the famous scientist Charles Darwin lived with his family for forty years and worked on his revolutionary theories.
Churches in Woodmancote Parish
St. Peter's
A281
Woodmancote
Henfield
(01273) 495532
http://henfield.org/our-churches/st-peters-woodmancote
The parish church, St Peter's, part of the united parish of Henfield, with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, stands alone beside the A281 road. Originally thirteenth century the church was largely rebuilt in 1868.
The parish was recorded in the Domesday book of 1086 as Odemancote. Two of the Lewes martyrs, burnt at the stake in 1556, Thomas Harland and John Oswald, came from Woodmancote.
Pubs in Woodmancote Parish
Wheatsheaf
Wheatsheaf Road, Woodmancote, BN5 9BD
(01273) 492077
thewheatsheafhenfield.co.uk/