English Heritage sites near Goring Parish
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS AND AMPHITHEATRE
12 miles from Goring Parish
Originally a tribal centre of the Iron Age Atrebates, Silchester became the large and important Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
12 miles from Goring Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
12 miles from Goring Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
17 miles from Goring Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
20 miles from Goring Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
21 miles from Goring Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
Churches in Goring Parish
St Thomas of Canterbury
St Thomas of Canterbury Church
Goring
Reading
(01491) 875651
http://www.st-thomas-goring.org.uk
St Thomas’ Church is a friendly, community-facing congregation. The church members seek to encourage everyone in their faith and in their prayer life. There are opportunities for fun and friendship by getting involved in the many different aspects of church life. The congregation tries to live out God's Word by loving, listening and serving as active disciples of Jesus.
For more information and for details of regular services please go to the St Thomas of Canterbury Church website: http://www.st-thomas-goring.org.uk
St Thomas' is part of the United Benefice of Goring and Streatley with South Stoke (the other churches being St Mary's in Streatley and St Andrew's in South Stoke).
Pubs in Goring Parish
Catherine Wheel
Station Road, Goring, RG8 9HB
(01491) 872379
tcwgoring.co.uk/index
Goring Social Club
1 High Street, Goring, RG8 9BA
(01491) 873105
goringsocialclub.co.uk
John Barleycorn
Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DP
(01491) 871813
jbpubgoring.co.uk
Leatherne Bottel
The restaurant reopened in mid-July 2018 having been closed for two months. Its immediate incarnation was as an upmarket restaurant called Rossini at the Leatherne Bottel.
Miller of Mansfield
High Street, Goring, RG8 9AW
(01491) 756563
themillerofmansfield.com
Queens Arms
It was a popular village pub featuring sport TV and was owned by Greene King. It had a garden, provided traditional pub games and accommodation and had car parking. It is now a Tesco Express.
Westholme Stores
Wide range of bottle-conditioned beers in a Londis convenience store. Jack and Varsha have ran Westholme stores since 1988.