4 miles from Stowe Parish

11th century Welsh Border castle with dramatic riverside location and extensive earthworks built to proclaim Norman dominance. Tall 13th century keep is unusually set on the side of its mound.

7 miles from Stowe Parish

One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.

9 miles from Stowe Parish

Stokesay Castle is quite simply the finest and best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England.

15 miles from Stowe Parish

A Bronze Age stone circle, the focus of many legends, set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley Hill. It once consisted of some 30 stones, 15 of which are still visible.

19 miles from Stowe Parish

An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.

22 miles from Stowe Parish

A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.