English Heritage sites near Whitegate and Marton Parish
BEESTON CASTLE AND WOODLAND PARK
8 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
If you’re planning a family day out in Cheshire, then a visit to Beeston Castle in Tarporley fits the bill perfectly. This 'Castle of the Rock' is famous for its spectacular views.
SANDBACH CROSSES
10 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
The two massive Saxon stone crosses, elaborately carved with animals and Biblical scenes including the Nativity of Christ and the Crucifixion, dominate the cobbled market square of Sandbach.
CHESTER ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE
13 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
The largest Roman amphitheatre in Britain, used for entertainment and military training by the 20th Legion, based at the fortress of 'Deva' (Chester).
CHESTER CASTLE: AGRICOLA TOWER AND CASTLE WALLS
14 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
The original gateway to Chester Castle, this 12th-century tower houses a chapel with exceptionally fine wall-paintings of c. 1220, rediscovered in the 1980s.
MORETON CORBET CASTLE
28 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
The ruins of the medieval castle and Tudor manor house of the Corbets are dominated by the theatrical shell of an ambitious Elizabethan mansion wing in Italianate style.
OLD OSWESTRY HILLFORT
31 miles from Whitegate and Marton Parish
The huge hillfort at Old Oswestry was probably the stronghold and principal settlement of an Iron Age tribe, with its 40 acres protected by formidable ramparts.
Churches in Whitegate and Marton Parish
Pubs in Whitegate and Marton Parish
Nunsmere Hall Hotel
Tarporley Road, OAKMERE, CW8 2ES
(01606) 889100
primahotels.co.uk/nunsmere/
Plough
Beauty Bank, Whitegate, CW8 2BP
(01606) 889455
ploughwhitegate.com
Vale Royal Abbey Golf Club
Vale Royal Abbey, Whitegate, CW8 2BA
(01606) 301291
vra.co.uk/golf