English Heritage sites near Valley Park Parish
PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER
1000 miles from Valley Park 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 Valley Park 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 Valley Park 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 Valley Park Parish
An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.
GARRISON WALLS
1000 miles from Valley Park 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 Valley Park 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 Valley Park Parish
St Francis Church, Valley Park
St. Francis' Church,
Pilgrim's Close
Valley Park, Chandler's Ford
EASTLEIGH.
023 8027 1152
http://www.stfrancis-valleypark.org.uk/
Valley Park is an area of housing to the west of Chandler's Ford in southern central Hampshire, which was developed over 20 years from the early 1980s. A local church family was established here in on Trinity Eve, 1987. St Francis' Church was built in 1990-91 and dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester on St Francis' Day, 4th October 1991.
The Church is situated in a quiet location at the heart of the Valley Park community, on a campus site with the adjacent St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School.
St Francis' is a ‘Single Congregation Local Ecumenical Partnership‘ involving The Church of England, The Methodist Church and The United Reformed Church.
We are : a Church of England Parish within the Eastleigh Deanery of the Anglican Diocese of Winchester; a Methodist Church within the Winchester, Eastleigh and Romsey Circuit of the Methodist Church's Southampton District; a member church of the South West Hants Group of Churches within the Wessex Synod of the United Reformed Church; and a single congregation of Christians sharing our faith, mission and ministry together.We have a resident Anglican Minister (Rev'd. Dr. Sarah McClelland), and designated Methodist and United Reformed Church Ministers, shared with other local Methodist and URC Churches.
We strive to be a Christ-centred and prayerfully growing church family, seeking to serve our local community and the wider world.
We are also members of Churches Together in Chandler's Ford, the ecumenical grouping of churches in the local area. Click www.ctcf.org.uk/ to read more of about this grouping and the joint ecumenical services and events which CTICF organises.
St Francis' strives to be a family-friendly church, and we welcome Christians of all ages and denominations, as well as those exploring the Christian faith or seeking God, to worship alongside us. Mindful of the message of St Francis in his well known prayer, and of Micah's challenge
[Micah Ch. 6, v. 8] " …. what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God", we seek to be conscious of the needs of our local community and the wider world.
We take safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable Adults very seriously at St. Francis. You can access our Safeguarding Policies, practices and Safeguarding Statement from the home page of our Website: https://www.stfrancis-valleypark.org.uk/
Pubs in Valley Park Parish
Cleveland Bay
1 Pilgrims Close, Chandler's Ford, SO53 4ST
(023) 8026 9814
theclevelandbay.co.uk/