English Heritage sites near Cradley Parish
LEIGH COURT BARN
5 miles from Cradley Parish
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain.
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
7 miles from Cradley Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
11 miles from Cradley Parish
A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937.
ST MARY'S CHURCH, KEMPLEY
11 miles from Cradley Parish
Delightful Norman church, displaying one of the most outstandingly complete and well preserved sets of medieval wall paintings in England, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
13 miles from Cradley Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
15 miles from Cradley Parish
One of the most complete surviving Saxon churches in England, this chapel was built in 1056 by Earl Odda, and rediscovered in 1865 subsumed into a farmhouse. Nearby is the famous Saxon parish church.
Churches in Cradley Parish
Cradley: St James the Great
St James the Great
Rectory Lane
Cradley
Malvern
(01886) 880438
http://www.Cradleychurch.org.uk
Cradley is the largest parish in the Benefice, which also includes the parishes of St. John the Baptist, Mathon and St. John the Evangelist, Storridge. For more information please see our websitewww.Cradleychurch.org.uk
The Church is normally open daily to visitors from 8 am to 5 pm (7 pm British Summer Time), when free self-service tea and coffee facilities are always available.
Whether you regularly attend church, or have never been before, we want to extend an open invitation to join us. You will receive a warm welcome, and we extend our hospitality to all who come to stay for refreshments. For the less mobile there is step-free access from the south door to the altar rail, and a wheelchair is available on request. Apart from Evening Prayer, services are taken from Common Worship or are informal in nature.
For further information about our church building and its history, please visit our website.
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St James the Great, Cradley is registered as a charity in England and Wales number 1190026
Storridge: St John the Evangelist
A4103
Storridge
Malvern
(01886) 880438
http://www.storridgechurch.org.uk
Welcome to information about Storridge Church
Storridge is a rural Herefordshire parish with a beautiful parish church (the first complete chuch designed by Frederick Preedy) and features in the "Preedy Trail.". The congregation share traditional Christian worship and values, reaching out into the wider community with a hand of friendship and welcome to all who would wish to join them.
Normally Storridge Parish Church holds weekly traditional Book of Common Prayer based services however, during this period covid-19 restrictions Sunday worship is being live-streamed from the Rectory (details in the 'Service and Events' tab of this site with additional details on our website) - please come and join us in friendly worship. Other services to celebrate Easter, Christmas, Harvest and other festivals are also held in the church.
In addition each year the church hosts the Storridge Literary Festival and details of these and other events can be found on our website.
Further information about the church's history and stained glass can also be found as part of our online audio visual tour.
Pubs in Cradley Parish
Cradley, Storridge & Mathon Royal British Legion Social Club
The club has two bars, snooker and pool tables, darts, a skittle alley and offers bar snacks and local ales.
Red Lion Inn
Stiffords Bridge, WR13 5NN
(01886) 880318
redlioncradley.com