English Heritage sites near West Butterwick Parish
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
8 miles from West Butterwick Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
9 miles from West Butterwick Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
MATTERSEY PRIORY
12 miles from West Butterwick Parish
The remains, mainly the 13th century refectory and kitchen, of a small monastery for just six Gilbertine canons - the only wholly English monastic order.
HOWDEN MINSTER
15 miles from West Butterwick Parish
The elaborately decorated ruins of a 14th-century chancel and chapter house (viewable only from the outside), attached to the still operational cathedral-like minster church.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
17 miles from West Butterwick Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
CONISBROUGH CASTLE
20 miles from West Butterwick Parish
Dramatically re-presented in May 2014 after a major HLF funded project, the keep of Conisbrough Castle is unique.
Churches in West Butterwick Parish
St Mary the Virgin
West Street
West Butterwick
Scunthorpe
(01427) 872528
Welcome to St Mary's Church, West Butterwick
Welcome to St Mary's Church. We aim to be a welcoming, friendly and inclusive parish church serving the people of the North Lincolnshire village of West Butterwick and also the many visitors who come to our village. Our chief aims are to love God and one another through our worship together and through active service as Christian disciples within our community and the world, to 'know Jesus and make him known'.
Details of our services and other activities can be found on this site and we look forward to welcoming you whether you come from round the corner or across the world to know of God's love and to share that with others.
St Mary's West Butterwick is a Victorian Church which was originally a chapel-of-ease of St Martin's Owston Ferry. It has a particularly fine East window which was restored in 2008 and is now fully visible for the first time in forty years. West Butterwick is on the west side of the Trent south of Scunthorpe. It stands next to the Church of England Primary school which has strong links with the church.
Pubs in West Butterwick Parish
Ferry Boat Inn & Grill
Traditional two room village pub on the bank of the River Trent. Mainly a food pub but now confirmed Doom Bar is a permanent ale.
Lunchtime & Evening Meals until 9pm, Sunday carvery 12 to 5pm. Last orders for food 30 min before close, book...
Three Horseshoes
Very traditional beamed village local, with real fire and bags of atmosphere. the centre of village life.
Reported 2022 that the handpumps/real ale removed