English Heritage sites near Lapworth Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
6 miles from Lapworth 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
12 miles from Lapworth Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
HALESOWEN ABBEY
14 miles from Lapworth Parish
Remains of abbey founded by King John in the 13th century.
WALL ROMAN SITE
22 miles from Lapworth 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.
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
26 miles from Lapworth Parish
A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
26 miles from Lapworth Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
Churches in Lapworth Parish
St Giles
Glasshouse Lane, Packwood, Solihull
Packwood
Solihull
(01564) 783121
http://www.hockleyheath-packwood-churches.org.uk
St Giles Church has stood on this site for over 800 years.As you step into this ancient church, so secluded and peaceful, the very stones seem to whisper with prayers of centuries, asking us to be still, to feel humbled yet very very welcome.
Services on Sunday are 8.30 Holy Communion ( Rite B) and 11.15 Mattins ( Prayer Book).
Children's Sunday School 10.30 am each Sunday
Set in rural countryside on the edge of the West Midlands conurbation, St Giles offers a haven from the pressures of every day life, a place for calm meditation.
Yet it has a thriving congregations, choir , bell ringers and a vibrant social community.
For Wedding enquiries please contact the Secretary on 01564 772151
For all other enquiries ( baptisms, confirmations, etc),
Please Address to the Vicar, The Vicarage, Nuthurst Lane, Hockley Heath, Solihull B94 5RP 01564 783121
St Mary the Virgin
Church Lane
Lapworth
Solihull
(01564) 783189
http://www.stmaryslapworth.org.uk
St Mary the Virgin, the parish church of Lapworth, traces a history back to the tenth century AD, when a Saxon wattle and wood church stood where the nave now stands.
In AD 1100 a stone church existed on the site of the present nave and chancel; the succeeding nine centuries have given Lapworth an outstandingly beautiful and interesting church. Building which "began in the 12th century continued at intervals over 300 years so that the general impression now from the outside, is of a 15th century church," (A Warwickshire Village Church, by Mildred Tomlinson).
The Rector of Lapworth is also the incumbent of Baddesly Clinton.
Pubs in Lapworth Parish
Boot
Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, B94 6JU
(01564) 782464
bootinnlapworth.co.uk/
Punchbowl
Mill Lane, Lapworth, B94 6HR
(01564) 781743
punchbowllapworth.co.uk/