English Heritage sites near Broadway Parish
HAILES ABBEY
6 miles from Broadway Parish
Founded by the Earl of Cornwall in thanks for surviving a shipwreck. It housed a renowned relic, ‘the Holy Blood of Hailes’: allegedly a phial of Christ’s blood. Great picnic spot. Audio tours.
BELAS KNAP LONG BARROW
9 miles from Broadway Parish
A particularly fine example of a Neolithic long barrow of c.3800 BC, featuring a false entrance and side chambers. During excavations in the 1860s, the remains of 31 people were found in the chambers.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
13 miles from Broadway Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
ODDA'S CHAPEL
15 miles from Broadway 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.
GREAT WITCOMBE ROMAN VILLA
19 miles from Broadway Parish
The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.
GREYFRIARS
20 miles from Broadway Parish
Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.
Churches in Broadway Parish
St Eadburgha
Snowshill Road
Broadway,
Evesham
+441386852352
http://www.stmichaelsbroadway.org
St Eadburgha's Church has been a Christian place of worship since Saxon times. The dedication is rare and denotes a strong link with Alfred the Great's grand-daughter who as a child was offered jewels or a Bible as a gift, she chose the latter and dedicated her life to the service of God.
The present cruciform church dates back to the XII century and contains some fine medieval and Jacobean woodwork.
St. Eadburgha's church is listed in Simon Jenkins book 'England’s Thousand Best Churches' and is described as a 'well mannered church which has turned its back on the famous village, as if appalled at its capitulation with tourism.'
From its position nestled neatly at the foot of Snowshill it may seem as though time stands still for this ancient church, now marooned from the village. However, this fine church still plays an important part in the spiritual life of the village of Broadway
St Michael & All Angels
Church Street
Broadway
Evesham
(01386) 852352
http://www.stmichaelsbroadway.org
When Broadway began to develop around the present High Street at some considerable distance from St. Eadburgha's Church, it soon became evident that some nearer and more accessible place of worship would be necessary to meet the needs of the population. As early as 1608 a move was made in this direction, and in that year a chapel-of-ease was built on the same road , but much nearer to the High Street. Nothing now remains of this building, for it was entirely demolished when the new church was built on the same site.
The present parish church, built in 1840, and dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, is a building with nave, two aisles and chancel. Its chief antiquity is the pulpit, which is a fine piece of wood carving, and was transferred from the old church.
Pubs in Broadway Parish
Broadway Hotel
The Green, Broadway, WR12 7AA
(01386) 852401
broadway-hotel.co.uk/
Crown & Trumpet Inn
14 Church Street, Broadway, WR12 7AE
(01386) 853202
crownandtrumpet.co.uk/
Horse & Hound
Swan Hotel
2 The Green, Broadway, WR12 7AA
(01386) 852278
theswanbroadway.co.uk/