Heritage sites in STANLEY AND STANLEY COMMON PARISH

English Heritage sites near Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

WINGFIELD MANOR

9 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common 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.

HARDWICK OLD HALL

14 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

16 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common 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.

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

17 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common 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.

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

18 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

BOLSOVER CASTLE

19 miles from Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'

Churches in Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

St Andrew

Station Road Stanley Derby
(0115) 932 4695
http://www.wssm.org.uk

We would like to extend a very warm welcome from all at St Andrew’s Church, Stanley. Stanley is a village near Ilkeston, Derbyshire and adjacent to the villages of West Hallam, Mapperley and Stanley Common.

We are part of the Church of England Diocese of Derby. Our church dates back to at least the 12th century and has a long history of serving the people in Stanley.

We are a small, friendly, traditional church and we have a close association with the nearby Stanley Methodist Church.

We are part of a covenant of six churches in our area.

For more information on our church, our services and our community, please visit our website.

United Church of All Saints

Belper Road Stanley Common Derby
(0115) 932 4695
http://www.wssm.org.uk

We would like to extend a very warm welcome from all at the United Church of All Saints, Stanley Common. Stanley Common is a village near Ilkeston, Derbyshire and adjacent to the villages of West Hallam, Stanley and Mapperley.

Our church was built as the Anglican church of All Saints in 1913 and has a long history of serving the people in Stanley Common. In 2003 we merged with the congregation of Stanley Common Methodist Church and became the United Church of All Saints (known locally as UCAS).

We have a close relationship with St Andrew’s Church and Stanley Methodist Church in the adjacent village of Stanley.

We are part of a covenant of six churches in our area.

For more information on our church, our services and our community, please visit our website.

Pubs in Stanley and Stanley Common Parish

Bateman Arms

66 Belper Road, Stanley Common, DE7 6FP
(0115) 930 7196

The Bateman Arms is situated in the village of Stanley Common. It is from the outside a traditional looking pub. The interior is decidedly different with a very contemporary feel and decoration. There is a good local custom and it normally...

Smalley Common ex Servicemens Club