English Heritage sites near Horsley Woodhouse Parish
WINGFIELD MANOR
6 miles from Horsley Woodhouse Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
12 miles from Horsley Woodhouse 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
15 miles from Horsley Woodhouse Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
15 miles from Horsley Woodhouse Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
16 miles from Horsley Woodhouse Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
17 miles from Horsley Woodhouse 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 Horsley Woodhouse Parish
St Susanna
Main Street
Horsley Woodhouse
Ilkeston
01332 880284
Contact the Parish Office on 01332 880284 for information about arranging funerals, weddings and baptisms or email [email protected]
Contact Revd Tracy on email: [email protected].
Services at 6.30pm unless otherwise stated.
October
9th: Songs of Praise for Harvest Festival
23rd: Holy Communion
30th: Group Service of Holy Communion at 10.00am in St. Clement's, Horsley
November
13th: Remembrance Day Service at 10.00am
27th: Holy Communion
December
11th: Carol Service
24th: Crib Service at 3.30pm
25th: Holy Communion at 10.00am
Daily worship is available from a variety of sources, including:
● The Church of England website (www.churchofengland.org)
● Daily Hope - a free phone line of daily hymns, reflections and prayers. Ring 0800 804 8044
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The Church, dedicated to St Susanna, was built in 1882 and is of a relatively small size, just 89 feet in length and 29 in width. It is of a plain gothic structure comprising nave, chancel, north porch and a bell turret containing a single bell. There is seating for 200. The Church Hall, standing on the junction between Main Street and Wood Lane is a great asset to the parish. Our services are traditional Book of Common Prayer Evensong and Common Worship Holy Communion.
Pubs in Horsley Woodhouse Parish
Old Oak Inn
As the tap house for the Leadmill and Bottlebrook Breweries, the Old Oak features a variety of their ales plus guests, all currently served on gravity from the RuRAD Bar. A traditional homely and welcoming pub boasting four rooms of differi...
Sitwell Arms
A quiet country pub situated in the hamlet of Woodside near Horsley Woodhouse. Refurbished 2020 with central bar surrounded by different seating areas. Very large function room and unusually has it's own bowling green adjacent. There is no...