English Heritage sites near Colton Parish
WALL ROMAN SITE
10 miles from Colton Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
CROXDEN ABBEY
11 miles from Colton 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.
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
16 miles from Colton Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
17 miles from Colton Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
19 miles from Colton 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.
LILLESHALL ABBEY
20 miles from Colton Parish
Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.
Churches in Colton Parish
Colton S.Mary the Virgin
Bellamour Way, Colton
Rugeley
WHAT THREE WORDS: speak.crazy.yarn
(01889) 500232
A beautiful building and a lively congregation, two miles from Rugeley. It has close connections with the primary school opposite and with the community. It is popular for baptisms and weddings with many families choosing to return to the church they knew as children in the village to celebrate their special days. The building has been used for concerts, barn dances, new-year meals, tree festivals, break-dancing exhibitions, youth club, and quiet prayer as well as for worship! Try us out!!
Sunday's Cool (alongside the 1030 worship, is for children of all ages except Messy Church week). This hasn't re-started after Covid but we are hoping that Messy will start very soon.
Please watch out for the change in time for services - we are hoping they will revert to 10.30 soon.
Pubs in Colton Parish
Greyhound
Classic unspoilt village pub, dating back to the 19th-century, tastefully refurbished in the mid-1980s. With authentic exposed wooden beams throughout, the attractive bar also features a brick-lined fire-place and red tiled floor, while the...
Olde Dun Cow
73 High Street, Colton, WS15 3LG
(01889) 584026
yeoldeduncow.co.uk/
Yorkshireman
Close to Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, just north of the River Trent, this classic pub re-opened as a free-house in 2007 after a short period of closure, and has flourished ever since.
While much of the pub is set aside for dining,...