English Heritage sites near Stratton St Margaret Parish

Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

Halliggye Fogou

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

Innisidgen Lower and Upper Burial Chambers

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

Harry's Walls

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

Garrison Walls

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Cromwell's Castle

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Stratton St Margaret Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.


Churches in Stratton St Margaret Parish

St Margaret's

Church Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon
(01793) 826505
http://www.strattonteamministry.co.uk

St Margarets Church serves the parish of Lower Stratton on the outskirts of Swindon. It is part of Stratton Team Ministry
We offer flexible and accessible worship for all ages. Our main Sunday Service & Junior Church is at 9.30am. We also have a church plant at Coleview Community Centre which meets at 11am 

St Philip's Upper Stratton

Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton, Swindon

St Philip's church located on Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton.  Our main Sunday service is Parish Communion at 11.00 am. Music is led by a robed choir and is a mixture of traditional and modern.    

We love welcoming people to our church for baptism, marriage, remarriage and wedding blessings.  

The local primary and comprehensive schools regularly use the church building for nativity plays and carol services at Christmas.

St Philip's hall is rented out to St Philip's pre-school on a daily basis during term time.  This is not a church group but privately run. The hall is used regularly in the evening by the uniformed organisation, ie Brownies, Guides, Cubs, Scouts and Beavers.   The uniformed organisations join as for their Parade Services thoughout the year and they take an active part by reading the lesson and giving a presentations.

Our hall is available to hire subject to availability. 



Pubs in Stratton St Margaret Parish

Bakers Arms

121 Beechcroft Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7RE
(01793) 832227
bakers-arms-stratton.co.uk/

A busy and popular local with the same landlady for almost ten years. There are pool, darts and crib teams and themed nights. They have country music sessions fortnightly on Thursday evenings. There is a smart dining room extension that als...
Crown

73 Ermin Street, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4NL
(01793) 827530
thecrownatstratton.co.uk/

Old coaching inn rebuilt in early part of the 19th century with later extensions. It has a wing with motel type accommodation adjacent to a large car park. The bar is in the centre of the open plan layout. Although the emphasis is on food a...
Dockle Farmhouse

2 Bridge End Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4PD
(01793) 838910
jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/...

Formerly the Greenbridge, this pub is now a Wetherspoons Lloyds No 1 Bar. It is a very extended pub, spreading over several buildings, with various seating areas and separate bars. One bar is the family bar where children are allowed up to...
Kingsdown

Kingsdown Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7PE
(01793) 824802
thekingsdown.co.uk/

This is Arkells brewery tap. A smart and traditional local with a very pleasant garden at the back. It is popular with office workers at lunchtime in need of sustenance to get them through a busy working day! The pub has darts, pool, crib a...
New Inn

Swindon Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4PN
(01793) 822081
arkells.com/the-new-inn-stratton-st-marg...

The New Inn is open again. Ross Morgan, who has been running the Crown at the other end of Stratton for the last five years, has also taken on the New Inn. The New Inn closed early Jan 2015. This is an open-plan pub, which is very lively in...
Queensfield

98 Queensfield, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7SY

Demolished February 2016. Planning permission sought to demolish it and put eight houses in its place. Wed 27 Nov 2013 - Application Pending Consideration. http://pa.swindon.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVa...
Rat Trap

Highworth Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4TF
(01793) 823282
arkells.com/pub/the-rat-trap-stratton-st...

This popular road-side pub is much larger than it appears. As well as a lounge and separate bar there is a function room at the back and outside bar facilities. The pub serves a good range of Arkell’s beers. Apart from the two regular beers...
Sandgate

114 Oxford Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4HD

Planning permission for change of use from public house (class A4) to day care nursery (class D1). 16-Apr-13. Permission granted 24-Jun-13.Closed in Feb 2012 with For Sale sign. Closed March 2011; later opened again. No real ale. Became a T...
Upper Stratton Reform Club
Wheatsheaf

33-36 Dores Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN2 7QT

Closed in July 2013. Re-opened end of August 2013. Pub boarded up April 2016
Wheatsheaf

Ermin Street, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4NH
(01793) 823149
arkells.com/the-wheatsheaf-stratton-st-m...

Attractive stone building on Ermin Street, one of the major roads in Roman Britain. When the pub was built in the 1830s, this would have been quite a rural setting, now very much part of urban Swindon. L-shaped bar/lounge with a low ceiling...
White Hart

Oxford Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, SN3 4JD
(01793) 822272
arkells.com/white-hart-stratton-swindon....

Large roadside pub which was refitted in 2007 at considerable expense. There are many separate parts to this pub including comfortable seating and eating areas. Apart from the Arkells 3B, another two Arkells ales are served. Food is availab...