StArildas Traditional Cache
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St Arilda’s Church near Oldbury-on-Severn occupies a commanding hilltop position over much of the Lower Severn Vale Levels. From here you can look across the Severn to Wales, see both major river crossings and a nuclear power station. The cache is sited at a stile visible from the rear of the upper churchyard and accessed by a public footpath that leads from it. A small box contains info on the Forgotten Landscape project and a few other goodies.
The cache is hidden at a stile that’s just visible from the rear upper churchyard of St Arilda's Church and is part of a public footpath that leads down from the church to the River Severn. From the rear door of the church you’ll need to descend a flight of steps, turn right through an iron kissing gate in a hedge and cross a field to find the stile. A small box contains info on the Forgotten Landscape project, a paper log-list, a pencil and a few extra little goodies that can be swapped. Cars may be parked in a lay-by just below the gate to the church. The cache is about 200 metres from there. St Arilda's stands in a lovely churchyard and is a popular stopping point for walkers because it occupies a commanding hilltop position overlooking much of the Lower Severn Vale Levels. From here you can look across the river to Wales, see both major river crossings and the nuclear power station at Oldbury. Wild flowers are a feature of the churchyard. In the spring, the area around the church is a mass of primroses. Later come cowslips, moon daisies and knapweed. On summer nights you may see glow worms here. The Church serves the village of Oldbury on Severn and the surrounding Parish, which is part of a larger benefice centred on Thornbury. Services are held here every Sunday, making it the only active church in the world dedicated to Saint Arilda. The Church was rebuilt after a fire of 1897 in which only the porches survived. The north porch is an example of medieval architecture and has been recently restored, with a statue of Saint Arilda in the niche above the entrance. St Arilda was a local female saint who lived in the nearby village of Kington in the 5th or 6th century. She was a virgin martyr who was apparently slain by a youth she refused to lie with. The church shares its dedication with another St Arilda's at Oldbury-on-the-Hill near Didmarton, but that church is no longer used for regular worship.
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Lbh zvtug fgrc bire vg!
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