English Heritage sites near Penton Mewsey Parish

Ludgershall Castle and Cross

LUDGERSHALL CASTLE AND CROSS

5 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

The ruins and earthworks of a royal castle dating mainly from the 12th and 13th centuries, frequently used as a hunting lodge. The remains of the medieval cross stand in the centre of the village.

Netheravon Dovecote

NETHERAVON DOVECOTE

11 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

Charming and elegant 18th century brick dovecote, still with most of its 700 or more nesting boxes intact. Set in peaceful surroundings. External viewing only.

Woodhenge

WOODHENGE

12 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

Dating from about 2500 BC, markers now replace rings of timber posts, which once possibly supported a ring-shaped building. Discovered in 1925 when rings of dark spots were noticed in a crop of wheat.

Chisbury Chapel

CHISBURY CHAPEL

12 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

This pretty thatched and flintwalled 13th century chapel survived after the Reformation in 1547 by being used as a barn as part of Chisbury Farm.

Flowerdown Barrows

FLOWERDOWN BARROWS

13 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

Three Bronze Age burial mounds, once part of a much larger 'barrow cemetery', including two bowl barrows, and the largest and finest disc barrow in Hampshire.

Stonehenge

STONEHENGE

15 miles from Penton Mewsey Parish

Walk in the footsteps of your Neolithic ancestors at Stonehenge – one of the wonders of the world and the best-known prehistoric monument in Europe.

Churches in Penton Mewsey Parish

Holy Trinity

Chalkcroft Lane Penton Mewsey Andover
07999 352585
https://www.pastrowfamily.org.uk/

Tucked away in the comer of a small meadow less than three miles from Andover, how many know Penton Mewsey's small church? A church was mentioned here in Domesday, but the present building dates from about 1365 and little has been added since.
Unusual churchyard monuments include thirteen war graves, remembering airman killed in some of the earliest flying accidents and the granite obelisk to William Cubitt, a founder in the nineteenth century of the famous civil engineering firm of that name. In the same churchyard, a fight between two villagers in 1556 resulted in one being punished with an order to have his ears cut off, only saved next year by a Royal pardon.
 

Pubs in Penton Mewsey Parish

Bell

Penton Corner, Weyhill, SP11 0PN
(01264) 772858
the-bell-inn-andover.edan.io/

Large roadside inn with a focus on out-of-town eating. Drivers should take extra care when crossing the cycle way when entering or leaving the pub's car park at the front of the premises.
Rothsay Hotel

Weyhill Road, Weyhill, SP11 0PN

now a old persons residential home
White Hart

Chalkcroft Lane, Penton Mewsey, SP11 0RD
(01264) 748061

A traditional local village pub tucked away in the countryside, close to Andover. Serving delicious food and a wide selection of drink. There is a lovely garden to the rear for relaxing in the sun and a cosy log burner for those colder day...