English Heritage sites near Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.
HARRY'S WALLS
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
CROMWELL'S CASTLE
1000 miles from Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.
Churches in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
Brightwell: St Agatha
St Agatha's Parish Church,
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell,
Wallingford,
Oxfordshire
01491 599873
http://www.wallingfordcofe.org.uk/st-agathas/
A warm welcome awaits you at services in St.Agatha's, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, one of six churches in the Wallingford team benefice. Other activities include an active choir, bell-ringing, coffee on Wednesday mornings and occasional concerts and recitals. The church is generally open to visitors during the day.
Sunday services begin at 9.30 am with Parish Communion every Sunday except for a more informal Family Service (non-eucharistic) on the first Sunday of each month. Tea and coffee are served after the Sunday services.
There is a quarterly Team service in one or other of the three parishes in the benefice.
A box near the North door in St.Agatha's is provided for Food Bank gifts of tinned or packeted food.
Sotwell: St James
St James' Church,
Sotwell Street
Sotwell
Wallingford
01491 599873
http://www.wallingfordcofe.org.uk/st-james/
A warm welcome awaits you at the 8.00 am said services in St.James' Sotwell, in the parish of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, part of the Team Benefice of Wallingford.
Services take place on the second and fourth Sundays (Common Worship Holy Communion) and fifth (BCP Holy Communion). Other services take place at St.Agatha's (see relevant entry) but with occasional Joint Services combining both St.James' & St.Agatha's as advertised in the previous Sunday's pew sheet and under the Events tab, and on our own website.
Pubs in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Parish
Red Lion
Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
(01491) 837373
redlionbcs.co.uk
Shillingford Bridge Hotel
Shillingford Road, Shillingford Bridge, OX10 8LZ
(01865) 858567
shillingfordbridgehotel.co.uk