English Heritage sites near Melchet Park and Plaitford Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford Parish
A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.
HALLIGGYE FOGOU
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford 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
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford 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
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford 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
1000 miles from Melchet Park and Plaitford 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 Melchet Park and Plaitford Parish
St Peter's Plaitford
Although we do not have regular Sunday Services, St Peter's is very much open to serve the parish of Plaitford. Christenings, weddings and funerals can be arranged with David, the Team Vicar, and the churchyard is open for burials and for the interment of cremated remains
Pubs in Melchet Park and Plaitford Parish
Shoe Inn
Salisbury Road, Plaitford, SO51 6EE
(01794) 323399
theshoe-inn.co.uk/