English Heritage sites near Kirk Langley Parish
WINGFIELD MANOR
11 miles from Kirk Langley 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
13 miles from Kirk Langley Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
15 miles from Kirk Langley Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
15 miles from Kirk Langley 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.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
17 miles from Kirk Langley Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
19 miles from Kirk Langley Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
Churches in Kirk Langley Parish
St Michael, Kirk Langley
Church Lane, Kirk Langley
Kirk Langley
Derby
01332 824792
Welcome to St Michael's the parish church of Kirk Langley; a growing, welcoming and friendly church with a range of worship opportunities. Our Victorian chairs, with comfy cushions, provide a flexible place where worship and social activities can take place.
We meet every Sunday at 9.30 am, the first Sunday of the month is our Family Service where all ages come together, but worship every week is welcoming and prayerful. We have a high quality of music and a range of hymns traditional and modern.
Life needs times of quiet as well as liveliness and we have a quiet time on Wednesday mornings for reflection starting at 9.00 am. We also run Lent groups, have coffee mornings and lunches throughout the year.
We welcome families for baptisms and weddings, and if you are interested in booking such an event, or just learning more about joining our community, then please contact Michael Heap Tel: 07760 266361 or Godfrey Meynell Tel: 07792 268609 or through e mail on the contact us page.
Pubs in Kirk Langley Parish
Bluebell Inn
Adams Road, Kirk Langley, DE6 4LW
(01332) 824423
bluebellkirklangley.com/
Meynell Arms
Meynell Arms, Kirk Langley