English Heritage sites near Wymeswold Parish
JEWRY WALL
12 miles from Wymeswold Parish
A length of Roman bath-house wall over 9 metres (30 feet) high, near a museum displaying the archaeology of Leicester and its region.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
13 miles from Wymeswold Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
17 miles from Wymeswold Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
23 miles from Wymeswold Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
WINGFIELD MANOR
24 miles from Wymeswold Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
RUFFORD ABBEY
25 miles from Wymeswold Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
Churches in Wymeswold Parish
Wymeswold: St Mary
Far Street
Wymeswold
Loughborough
(01509) 416520
http://www.barrowandwoldsgroup.com/
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Pubs in Wymeswold Parish
Three Crowns
Windmill
83 Brook Street, Wymeswold, LE12 6TT
(01509) 881313
thewindmillwymeswold.com/