English Heritage sites near Stretton Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
9 miles from Stretton 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
14 miles from Stretton 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
16 miles from Stretton 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
19 miles from Stretton 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
22 miles from Stretton 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
23 miles from Stretton 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 Stretton Parish
St. Mary's Stretton with Claymills
Church Road
Stretton
Burton-on-Trent
(01283) 564216
http://www.stchadstmary.org.uk
St Mary's Stretton
Church Road, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0HD
Car Park entrance on Hillfield Lane DE13 0BW
Vicar - Rev'd George Crossley 01283 516804
e-mail [email protected]
Our Main Sunday service at St. Mary's is Good News at Ten at 10:00.
The music is led by a worship band including a singing group, with Holy Communion each week. The preaching and teaching tends to be interactive, geared for all ages including families and uses a mixture of visual material, as well as the more familiar ways of Biblical teaching.
We always welcome visitors to our services. The baptism of children usually takes place within our main service. The children will be invited to join together for their own fun during the service with activities just for them.
At the end of each service, in the side chapel, there is opportunity to respond to the message where help is offered through a 'ministry' team who offer prayer for healing and other needs
On the third Sunday of each month we hold Family Church in the Church Hall (next to the Church, accessed from Hillfield Lane). This starts at 5pm and ends around 6pm with food. This is a relaxed service, suitable for all ages.
Our Midweek Holy Communion service is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday mornings, each month, at 10:30. On the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays we have prayer meetings, also starting at 10.30pm.
On most first Fridays of the month, we have Messy Church at William Shrewsbury Primary School on Church Road. This starts as soon as the children have finished school, at 3.10pm.
Every Friday morning we hold a Community Café in the church hall. This is an opportunity for anyone to come along to meet or make friends. Home-made cake and other snacks are served with good quality hot drinks.
Stretton Lunch club meet most first Mondays of the month. This is for more our more senior citizens from the area to come together to enjoy a hot two-course meal and a variety of entertainment.
Our extensive web site (click link below) has all the information you need, including details of Children & Young Peoples groups, wedding and baptisms information, special events, photographs of events, downloadable talks, church history with pictures and much more.
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Pubs in Stretton Parish
Anglesey Arms
The Green, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0EQ
(01283) 526793
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Craythorne
Founded in 1972 as a cafe and 9-hole golf course, the extensive grounds now encompass an 18-hole golf course, with flood-lit driving range and practice green, and a large landscaped car park. A new building was erected in 1994. Internally...
Junction
Unit 1A, 1 Main Street, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0DZ
07931 290879
Mill House
Milford Drive, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0LA
(01283) 535133
hungryhorse.co.uk/pubs/staffordshire/mil...
Monks Bridge
Church Road, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0HE
(01283) 562507
Stretton Bowls Club
Bitham Lane, Stretton, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0HA
07711 238626
Stretton Social Club
Beech Lane, Stretton, Burton upon Trent, DE13 0DU
(01283) 568629
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