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== Amenities ==
The village has two public houses, both with guest accommodation, The Fountain Inn<ref>{{cite web |title=Fountain Inn|url=https://www.thefountaininn.info/ |publisher=Fountain Inn|accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828091828/http://thefountaininn.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and  The Woodman Inn.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Woodman Inn |url=http://www.woodman-parkend.co.uk/ |publisher=The Woodman Inn |accessdate=28 August 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410210050/http://www.woodman-parkend.co.uk/|archivedate=10 April 2010}}</ref> There are also two guesthouses, several holiday let properties, a CIU affiliated club with caravan & camping facilities, and a large camping and caravan site named  Whitemead Forest Park;<ref>{{cite web |title=Whtiemead Forest Park |url=http://www.whitemead.co.uk |publisher=Whtiemead Forest Park |accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216114739/http://www.whitemead.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> owned and operated by the [[Civil Service Motoring Association]] (C.S.M.A.).<ref name="Edmondson (2003)">{{cite book |last=Edmondson |first=Donald |author-link= |date=2003 |title=Whitemead Park a short history |url= |location= |volume= |publisher=A CSMA Leisure Property |pages=12–13 |isbn=}}</ref> The Dean Field Studies Centre, once part of [[Parkend Ironworks]], is owned by [[Bristol City Council]] and is used to accommodate schoolchildren from that city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Field Studies Centre |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/dean-field-studies-centre |publisher=Bristol City Council |accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828175738/https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/dean-field-studies-centre |url-status=live }}</ref>

The village and [[parish church]] are dedicated to [[Saint Paul (apostle)|St Paul]] and situated on the eastern edge of the village in a forest clearing. The shape provides the point of interest, being both octagonal and cruciform, with the arms formed by the sanctuary, north and west [[transept]]s and the west tower. It was designed and built in 1822,<ref>{{cite web |title=About Our Churches |url=http://www.parkendandvineyhillchurches.org.uk/1_6_churches.html |publisher=Parkend and Viney Hill Churches |accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=2 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902110925/http://parkendandvineyhillchurches.org.uk/1_6_churches.html |url-status=live }}</ref> together with the village school, by Henry Poole;<ref>{{cite web |title=Church of St Paul |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1186362 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=28 August 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828175737/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1186362 |url-status=live }}</ref> a local priest who raised most of the money through public subscription and his own generosity.