English Heritage sites near Thorrington Parish
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
8 miles from Thorrington Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
8 miles from Thorrington Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
MISTLEY TOWERS
9 miles from Thorrington Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
10 miles from Thorrington Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
LANDGUARD FORT
14 miles from Thorrington Parish
Landguard Fort is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of the Royal Marines.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
18 miles from Thorrington Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
Churches in Thorrington Parish
Thorrington: St Mary Magdalen
Clacton Road
Thorrington
Colchester
(01206) 920848
http://www.tenpennyvillages.uk
St Mary Magdalen Church in Thorrington is a friendly village church just outside of Thorrington off the Clacton Road. The parish covers the village of Frating as well as Thorrington.
The church services are at 9.30am on Sundays and are traditional but with modern language and a mixture of old and newer hymns. There are activity boxes for children during the services.
During the week there is a home group which meets on a Monday afternoon and another one on Wednesday evenings. We are part of a benefice with the neighbouring parishes of St Andrew's Alresford and St Anne & St Laurence, Elmstead. Some activities such as Alpha courses and children & youth work take place mainly in Alresford. Details of other services & events can be found on our web-site www.thorringtonchurch.net
Pubs in Thorrington Parish
Red Lion
Clacton Road, Thorrington, CO7 8EX
(01206) 252001
theredlionthorrington.co.uk