St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church, Alcester

Name: St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church
Address: Coughton Fields Lane, Alcester, United Kingdom

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St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church, Alcester

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St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church is a Catholic church built between 1851 and 1853 by the Throckmorton family in the grounds of their family home, Coughton Court. The church was commissioned by Sir Robert Throckmorton, 8th Baronet, in the years after the Catholic Emancipation Acts which would re-allow the profession of the Catholic faith officially for the first time since the Tudor period. The church currently holds Grade II listed status. ()

Coordinates: 52°14'30"N, 1°52'44"W

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Coughton Fields LaneAlcester United Kingdom

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St Peter and St Paul and St Elizabeth Catholic Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coughton Court, Kingfisher Shopping Centre, Mary Arden's Farm, Alcester Town Hall.

~860 ftN
Historical place, Architecture, Museum
Coughton Court, Alcester
5 min walk • Coughton Court is an English Tudor country house, situated on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
5.1 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Kingfisher Shopping Centre, Districts of Redditch
131 min walk • Kingfisher Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Redditch, England. It contains 150 stores, with a range of large and smaller units, including anchor tenants Next and Primark.
5.1 miE
Museum, William Shakespeare, History museum
Mary Arden's Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon
132 min walk • Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare, the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare.
1.8 miS
City hall
Alcester Town Hall, Alcester
48 min walk • Alcester Town Hall is the town hall of Alcester, Warwickshire, England. It is a grade I listed building.
4.6 miN
Park
Arrow Valley Country Park, Districts of Redditch
118 min walk • Arrow Valley Country Park is a country park on the River Arrow, at Redditch, Worcestershire, England. Built by Redditch Development Corporation in the 1970s.
5.5 miS
Bridge
Bidford Bridge
140 min walk • Bidford Bridge crosses the Avon at Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It is a scheduled monument and is Grade I listed. The bridge is wider than a typical packhorse bridge.
3.1 miS
Historical place, Architecture, Museum
Ragley Hall, Alcester
80 min walk • Ragley Hall is a stately home, located south of Alcester, Warwickshire, eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford.
4.9 miE
Bridge
Wootton Wawen Aqueduct
126 min walk • Wootton Wawen Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 6 km length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. All are unusual in that the towpaths are at the level of the canal bottom.
5.1 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Palace Theatre, Districts of Redditch
129 min walk • The Palace Theatre is a Grade II listed theatre in Redditch in Worcestershire, England. It opened in 1913 and has been primarily used as a theatre, but also as a cinema, rollerskating rink and bingo hall.
4.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Inkberrow Castle, Inkberrow
117 min walk • Inkberrow Castle was situated in the village of Inkberrow in Worcestershire, some 10 km south of Redditch. It was a castle built between 1154 and 1216 which was destroyed in 1233.
4.9 miE
Bridge
Edstone Aqueduct
125 min walk • Edstone Aqueduct is one of three aqueducts on a 4 miles length of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in Warwickshire. All are unusual in that the towpaths are at the level of the canal bottom. At 475 feet, Edstone is the longest cast iron aqueduct in England.