English Heritage sites near Dordon Parish
WALL ROMAN SITE
11 miles from Dordon 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
12 miles from Dordon 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
15 miles from Dordon Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
17 miles from Dordon Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
17 miles from Dordon Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
JEWRY WALL
20 miles from Dordon Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
Churches in Dordon Parish
St Leonard Dordon with Freasley
Church Road
Dordon
Birmingham
07562653717
Welcome to St Leonards Church serving Dordon and Freasley.
We are a small traditional church striving to share God's love.
Please come along and join us, you will be sure of a warm welcome.
We are currently without a Vicar. If you wish to discuss a christening, wedding, the churchyard or other church business please telephone 07562653717 or email [email protected]
Please note our records are archived at Warwickshire County Records Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick CV34 4JS Tel:01926 738959 or e-mail:[email protected]
Thank you for your enquiry.
Pubs in Dordon Parish
Birch Coppice Miners Social Welfare Centre
Birch Coppice Miners Social Welfare Centre, Dordon
Cuckoo's Rest
Friendly estate pub with a comfy lounge and games oriented bar. To the side is a conservatory with sofas. This was previously called the Merry Miner, a reference to the former Dordon pit. The pair of changing ales come from the relatively m...
Dordon Institute Social Club
Small club near the village hall.
Mini Miner
Now the only pub in Dordon, this small, single-roomed bar in a parade of shops and takeaways provides much-needed refreshment for local drinkers. Its name refers to a former pub in the village, the Merrie Miner, later renamed the Cuckoo’s R...