English Heritage sites near Stoke Doyle Parish
APETHORPE PALACE
6 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
KIRBY HALL
7 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
8 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
11 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
11 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
12 miles from Stoke Doyle Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
Churches in Stoke Doyle Parish
St Rumbald
Pubs in Stoke Doyle Parish
Shuckburgh Arms
Stoke Doyle Road, Stoke Doyle, PE8 5TG
(01832) 270441
shuckburgh-arms.co.uk