English Heritage sites near Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
RUFFORD ABBEY
17 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
18 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
TATTERSHALL COLLEGE
24 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
Remains of a grammar school for church choristers, founded in the mid-15th century by Ralph, Lord Cromwell, the builder of nearby Tattershall Castle (National Trust).
HARDWICK OLD HALL
27 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington 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.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
27 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
28 miles from Westborough and Dry Doddington 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 Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
All Saints, Westborough
Pubs in Westborough and Dry Doddington Parish
Wheatsheaf
Main Street, Dry Doddington, NG23 5HU
(01400) 281458
thewheatsheafinndrydoddington.com