English Heritage sites near Ford Parish
CANTLOP BRIDGE
8 miles from Ford Parish
Built in 1813, this innovative, single-span, cast-iron road bridge over the Cound Brook was possibly designed and certainly approved by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
8 miles from Ford Parish
Extensive remains of Augustinian abbey, including abbots' quarters, refectory & cloister. Chapter house frontage with 12th & 14th century carving & statuary, timber roof c.1500. Displays, picnic area.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
10 miles from Ford Parish
Wroxeter (or 'Viroconium' ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
10 miles from Ford Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
MORETON CORBET CASTLE
11 miles from Ford 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.
LANGLEY CHAPEL
11 miles from Ford Parish
A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.
Churches in Ford Parish
Ford: St Michael
A458
Ford
Shrewsbury
01743 851806
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=462
Ford Church is in the village of Ford (Shropshire) Enter Ford Village from the A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool Road and continue straight on past the school and village hall until you come down the hill towards a small bridge. Turn right after the bridge and you will see the Church - continue past and turn left for limited parking at the Church and more in the farm yard beyond.
Second Sunday 4.30pm Parish Communion/ or Evensong.
Third Sunday 11am Parish Communion.
Fourth Sunday 9.00am Parish Communion.
For more details please see our Hereford Diocese page:
http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_A_Church/ch_churchdetails.aspx?cid=462
Pubs in Ford Parish
Smoke Stop
Welshpool Road, Ford, SY5 9LH
(01743) 851944
smokestopbbq.co.uk/