English Heritage sites near Folksworth and Washingley Parish
LONGTHORPE TOWER
6 miles from Folksworth and Washingley Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
APETHORPE PALACE
8 miles from Folksworth and Washingley 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
13 miles from Folksworth and Washingley 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
15 miles from Folksworth and Washingley 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
16 miles from Folksworth and Washingley 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.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
17 miles from Folksworth and Washingley Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.
Churches in Folksworth and Washingley Parish
St Helen's Church
Morborne Road
Folksworth
Peterborough
01733 248585
https://www.stiltonchurches.com/
St. Helen's Church, Folksworth
Pubs in Folksworth and Washingley Parish
Fox
34 Manor Road, Folksworth, PE7 3SU
(01733) 242867
clarkespeterborough.co.uk