English Heritage sites near Ashby St Ledgers Parish
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
18 miles from Ashby St Ledgers Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
19 miles from Ashby St Ledgers Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
22 miles from Ashby St Ledgers Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
JEWRY WALL
22 miles from Ashby St Ledgers 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
23 miles from Ashby St Ledgers 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.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
24 miles from Ashby St Ledgers Parish
The gatehouse, chapel and other remains of a communal residence for priests serving the parish church, founded by locally-born Archbishop Chichele before 1425. Regularly used for events, and art and heritage exhibitions.