English Heritage sites near Heath and Holmewood Parish

Sutton Scarsdale Hall

SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL

1 miles from Heath and Holmewood Parish

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

Hardwick Old Hall

HARDWICK OLD HALL

2 miles from Heath and Holmewood Parish

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.

Bolsover Castle

BOLSOVER CASTLE

3 miles from Heath and Holmewood Parish

'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'

Bolsover Cundy House

BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE

3 miles from Heath and Holmewood Parish

This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

9 miles from Heath and Holmewood 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.

Hob Hurst's House

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

10 miles from Heath and Holmewood Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.


Churches in Heath and Holmewood Parish

Heath: All Saints

Church Lane Heath Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5SD
01246 852094

There has been an Anglican Church in Heath Village since the 11th Century.  The old Church became derelict when the "new" church was consecrated in 1853.   There is an "active" Churchyard.

Heath: All Saints is one parish two worship centres

Holmewood, St Albans Centre at 10.30am every Sunday morning, usually Service of the Word, with Communion on 3rd Sundays.

Heath: All Saints at 6.30pm every Sunday evening - Holy Communion on 2nd and 4th Sunday using different Eucharistic prayers which varies with the seasons.   Evening prayer on 1st and 3rd Sundays.  Songs of Praise service if there is a 5th Sunday of the month.

We are of a broad/middle evangelical tradition, using Common Worship liturgy and the revised Lectionary.

Refreshements are served at the end of morning and evening services.  You are welcome to worship with us anytime.   

 

St Albans Centre

Heath Road Holmewood Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 5RB
01246852094
http://www.heath-holmewoodchurch.org

The St Albans Centre was built in  the 1960s, with a new hall built in 2000. It is a place of worship and a venue used on most days by Church activities and various Community groups eg. a dance school (on Monday evenigns and 10am - 5pm Saturday), also community physical activity groups, such as Tai Chi on Tuesday mornings,  A Lunch Club, serving freshly cooked food, at 12 noon, run by Church members. Kurling, and walking groups on Wednesday mornings. 


Pubs in Heath and Holmewood Parish

Elm Tree

Mansfield Road, Heath, Chesterfield, Heath, S44 5SE
(01246) 850490
theelmtreeheath.co.uk

Though the emphasis is firmly on food there is a separate smaller public bar. Good outdoor drinking area with scenic views (shame about the M1).
Jolly Farmer

Heath Rd, Holmewood, S42 5RB

No longer a pub - now housing association offices