English Heritage sites near Sparkford Parish
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
6 miles from Sparkford Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
11 miles from Sparkford Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
11 miles from Sparkford Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
14 miles from Sparkford Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
FIDDLEFORD MANOR
14 miles from Sparkford Parish
The principal parts of a small stone manor house, probably begun about 1370 for William Latimer, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. The hall and solar chamber display outstandingly fine timber roofs.
NUNNEY CASTLE
14 miles from Sparkford Parish
Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.
Churches in Sparkford Parish
Holy Cross, Weston Bampfylde
Weston Bampfylde
01963 441595
https://www.camvalebenefice.co.uk
Holy Cross Weston Bampfylde is a small church with a big heart! We aim to be the friendly spiritual heart of our community with regular services and events for everyone. Most of our main services are in the evening, but in the last year have begun a bimonthly family service, and also a more traditional service on the alternate month in the morning.
For baptisms and weddings please contact the Benefice Office. We also sensitively engage with people who have been divorced who would like to explore marrying in church.
St Mary Magdalene, Sparkford
Church Road
Sparkford
Yeovil
01963 441595
https://www.camvalebenefice.co.uk
St Mary Magdalene is the friendly (and only) church of Sparkford village, and is part of a wider grouping of six Church of England churches called the Cam Vale Benefice. As a community we worship in old and new ways with traditional Matins and Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer being used on some weeks but with also a Cafe Church called CafeXtra in the Village Hall on the second Sunday of most months.
Pubs in Sparkford Parish
Sparkford Inn
High Street, Sparkford, BA22 7JH
(01963) 440218
sparkfordinnpubyeovil.co.uk