English Heritage sites near Willoughby on the Wolds Parish
JEWRY WALL
13 miles from Willoughby on the Wolds 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
15 miles from Willoughby on the Wolds 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
18 miles from Willoughby on the Wolds 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 Willoughby on the Wolds 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 Willoughby on the Wolds 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
24 miles from Willoughby on the Wolds 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 Willoughby on the Wolds Parish
St Mary & All Saints
Church Lane
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
Loughborough
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No churches found in Willoughby on the Wolds Parish