English Heritage sites near Roche Parish
ST BREOCK DOWNS MONOLITH
5 miles from Roche Parish
Originally 5 metres (16 feet) high and weighing some 16.75 tonnes, this is Cornwall's largest and heaviest prehistoric monolith. It stands on the summit of St Breock Downs, offering wonderful views.
RESTORMEL CASTLE
7 miles from Roche Parish
Great 13th-century circular shell-keep of Restormel still encloses the principal rooms of the castle in remarkably good condition, standing on an earlier Norman mound surrounded by a deep dry ditch.
ST CATHERINE'S CASTLE
10 miles from Roche Parish
Discover perhaps what is Cornwall's smallest castle.
KING DONIERT'S STONE
16 miles from Roche Parish
Two richly carved pieces of a 9th century 'Celtic' cross, with an inscription commemorating Dumgarth, British King of Dumnonia, who drowned in c. AD 875.
TRETHEVY QUOIT
17 miles from Roche Parish
This well-preserved and impressive Neolithic 'dolmen' burial chamber stands 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) high. There are five standing stones, surmounted by a huge capstone.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
18 miles from Roche Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
Churches in Roche Parish
Roche: St Gomonda of the Rock
Welcome to the parish church of Roche: St Gomonda of the Rock in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Cornwall England.
Our services are at 10.00am on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month and at 10.15am on the 3rd and 5th Sundays.
Pubs in Roche Parish
Poacher's Inn
This friendly, moderate-sized village pub caters both for locals and passing trade. The large single bar is supplemented by a games area. Food is available all day. Outside seating is by the main road which it faces; Western Greyhound bus s...
Rock Inn
39 Fore Street, Roche, PL26 8EP
(01726) 890710
therockinn.net/