English Heritage sites near Hawkchurch Parish
BLACKBURY CAMP
11 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
16 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
17 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
17 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
18 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
18 miles from Hawkchurch Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in Hawkchurch Parish
Hawkchurch: St John the Baptist
Centre of the village.
Hawkchurch
Axminster
(01297) 678622
A Grade 1 Listed 12th century church with unique medieval carvings situated in the centre of a beautiful village.
A place for quiet meditation or attending a service which take places every Sunday at 11am.
Our church history can be found under "Pages and Links" to the right of this column.
Pubs in Hawkchurch Parish
Fairwater Head Hotel
Hawkchurch, EX13 5TX
(01297) 678349
fairwaterheadhotel.co.uk
Hawkchurch Country Park Bar & Restaurant
Wareham Road, Hawkchurch, EX13 5UL
(01297) 678402
hawkchurchpark.co.uk