English Heritage sites near Charley Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
7 miles from Charley 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
8 miles from Charley 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.
JEWRY WALL
10 miles from Charley 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
24 miles from Charley Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
WINGFIELD MANOR
25 miles from Charley 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.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
28 miles from Charley 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.
Churches in Charley Parish
Oaks-in-Charnwood: St James the Greater
Oaks Road
Oaks in Charnwood
Loughborough
(01509) 502255
http://www.shepshedandoaks.co.uk/
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St James the Greater will in 2115 be celebrating its 200th Anniversary
No churches found in Charley Parish