English Heritage sites near Wheatley Hill Parish
FINCHALE PRIORY
8 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
11 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
HYLTON CASTLE
13 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
The distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse-tower of a castle built by the wealthy Sir William Hylton, shortly before 1400. Originally containing four floors of self-contained family.
ST PAUL'S MONASTERY, JARROW
17 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
The home of the Venerable Bede, chronicler of the beginnings of English Christianity, Jarrow has become one of the best-understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
18 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
BENWELL ROMAN TEMPLE - HADRIAN'S WALL
19 miles from Wheatley Hill Parish
The remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus' (civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort.
Churches in Wheatley Hill Parish
All Saints Church, Wheatley Hill & Thornley
Church Street
Wheatley Hill
01429 835479
We are the local church for Wheatley Hill and Thornley. We welcome everyone - young and old, with lots or no experience of Church, to be part of our Church family!
We are united in our faith in God who has shown his love to us in Jesus Christ and hope to share this life-changing love with the community around us.
We hope you find this page useful: if you have any questions, please get in touch with us or come and say hello!
The main Eucharist services on Sundays are at 10.30 a. m. On the fifth Sunday of the month, we alternate with Holy Trinity, Wingate and this service begins at 10.00 a. m. when held at Wingate.
A said Eucharist is held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month and is taken from the Book of Common Prayer which begins at 5.30 p.m. and lasts for approximately 40 mins.
Messy Church is on the 3rd Sunday of the month and begins at 4.00 p.m. and children accompanied by parents/grandparents/carers are very welcome to come along and join in the fun
Baptisms, funerals and weddings all by arrangement: please contact Rev Jane Grieve.
The Church was built in 1873 as a mission church and dedicated in 1915.
A sculpture of the Madonna and Child by John Skelton hangs in the Lady Chapel. This is the original sculpture from which all other copies were taken and a bronze copy is in Chichester Cathedral. The stained glass windows at the east end of the Church depict Christ in Majesty by the late Harry Harvey of York.
Pubs in Wheatley Hill Parish
Nimmo Hotel
Windows downstairs bricked up, sign implies use as distribution warehouse. Some pub signage remains. October 2021