4 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

Large Neolithic burial mound with spectacular views over the Severn Valley. Built by earliest farming communities in the Cotswolds almost 5,000 years ago. Internal chambers are uncovered for viewing.

5 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

A partly reconstructed Neolithic chambered mound, 37 metres (120 ft) long, atmospherically sited overlooking the Severn Valley. 'Hetty Pegler' was its 17th century landowner.

6 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

The remains of a large and luxurious villa built about AD 250, with a bathhouse complex, perhaps the shrine of a water spirit, and mosaics.

7 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

One of the most complete surviving Dominican friaries in England, later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory. Notable features include the church and fine scissor-braced dormitory roof.

7 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

Substantial remains of an early Tudor friary church of Franciscan 'grey friars' founded in 1231.

8 miles from Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish

A single-arch stone bridge spanning the River Severn, built in 1825-30 by the great engineer Thomas Telford.