English Heritage sites near Axminster Parish
BLACKBURY CAMP
8 miles from Axminster Parish
An Iron Age hillfort in Devon with impressive ramparts, now surrounded by woodland.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
18 miles from Axminster Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
19 miles from Axminster Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
19 miles from Axminster Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL
20 miles from Axminster Parish
Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
20 miles from Axminster Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in Axminster Parish
Holy Cross
Holy Cross is a small chapel on the outskirts of Axminster with a gathered congregation coming from Axminster, Raymonds Hill, Lyme Regis and Charmouth. Holy Cross is only open at service times and the normal service pattern is a Eucharist service every Sunday at 9.30am.
For more information please contact one of the Chapel Wardens:
Nicola Russell 01297 443219
Richard Keane 01297 598953
The Minster, Axminster
The Minster
Silver Street
Axminster
(01297) 792120
https://www.axevmc.com/
In the heart of town is the lovely Minster building which is home to the real church - the worshipping people and community of Axminster.
It is the base for a people who worship our wonderful God, and meet for prayer, study, music, fellowship and social activities, and a place for individuals to come for quiet, reflection and personal time with God.
We host a lunchtime concert every Thursday at 12.30 from May through to the end of October.
The church has Norman origins, although much of the building dates from the 13th-15th centuries. St Mary's is Axminster's parish church and the oldest building in the town. St Mary's has been Grade II* Listed since 1950
The Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin is one of 8 local churches in the Axe Valley Mission Community
Pubs in Axminster Parish
Axe Vale Social Club
Axminster Conservative Club
Axminster Guildhall
West Street, Axminster, EX13 5NX
(01297) 33333
axminsterguildhall.co.uk
Axminster Inn
Silver Street, Axminster, EX13 5AH
(01297) 34947
axminsterinn.pub
Castle Inn
Cloakham Lawn Sports Centre
Chard Road, Axminster, EX13 5HW
(01297) 34447
cloakhamlawn.co.uk
Hunters Lodge Inn
Charmouth Road, Raymonds Hill, Axminster, EX13 5SZ
(01297) 33286
hunterslodgeinn.co.uk
Lamb Inn
Lyme Road, Axminster, EX13 5BE
(01297) 33922
lambinnaxminster.co.uk