English Heritage sites near Denby Parish
WINGFIELD MANOR
5 miles from Denby 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
11 miles from Denby 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
14 miles from Denby 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
14 miles from Denby 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.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
15 miles from Denby Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
16 miles from Denby 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 Denby Parish
St Mary the Virgin
Church Street
Denby
Ripley
01332 880284
http://www.denbychurch.org.uk
Contact the Parish Office on 01332 880284 for information about arranging funerals, weddings and baptisms or email [email protected]
Contact Revd Tracy on email: [email protected].
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Services for October - December - all at 10.00am
October:
2nd: Morning Worship for Harvest Festival
16th: Parish Communion
30th: Group Service of Holy Communion at St. Clement's, Horsley
November
6th: Morning Worship
13th: Remembrance Day Service
20th: Parish Communion
December
4th: Holy Communion for the Patronal Festival
18th: Carol Service
24th: Carols in the Churchyard at 5.00pm
St. Mary's will be open on 4th Saturday of each month from 10.00am - 12 noon with complimentary tea and coffee during the Next Opening 22nd October
see our website: www.denbychurch.org.uk
Pubs in Denby Parish
Black Bull's Head
A two roomed former Greene King pub now a free house, offers a warm welcome in comfortable surroundings with real fires in the winter. Walls are adorned with historic photographs and newspaper clippings of local and national interest with o...
Bull's Head
A large friendly village pub with an open feel located in the centre of Denby. Central bar with surrounding seating areas and separate restaurant. Large car park and outdoor seating area. No bus service operates to this village.
Denby Lodge
Church Street, Denby Village, DE5 8PH
(01332) 881089
denbylodge.co.uk
Old Stables Bar
Old Stables Bar, Denby