English Heritage sites near Mount Bures Parish
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
5 miles from Mount Bures Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
7 miles from Mount Bures Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
7 miles from Mount Bures Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
9 miles from Mount Bures Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
MISTLEY TOWERS
13 miles from Mount Bures Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY
21 miles from Mount Bures Parish
The extensive remains of one of the wealthiest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England, shrine of St Edmund.
Churches in Mount Bures Parish
St John the Baptist Church, Mount Bures
Hall Road
Mount Bures
Bures, Suffolk
01206 243683
http://www.mountbures.com
We are a friendly group of people worshipping in a beautiful Chruch building which dates back to the 12th Century; and there is some evidence of worship on the site from 1059AD.
We are a friendly congregation, easy-going, welcoming and informal. We are pleased to welcome visitors and new members to our services, and enjoy having fun at Festivals. We even also hold services on a local farm!
We work in partnership with the Village Hall and the Village pub, and have a weekly Coffee Morning called Mount Bures Connections in the Village Hall. Next door tot eh Chruch is the Mount, a mediaeval Motte which is under the management of Historic England, and well worth a visit for the magnificent views ove rthe Stour Valley.
There is no kitchen, toilet or running water at the Church, but a project to inistall them is at an advanced stage.
We look forward to meeting you!
Pubs in Mount Bures Parish
Thatcher's Arms
Hall Road, Mount Bures, CO8 5AT
(01787) 227460
thatchersarms.co.uk/