English Heritage sites near Breedon on the Hill Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
5 miles from Breedon on the Hill 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
14 miles from Breedon on the Hill 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
16 miles from Breedon on the Hill 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
20 miles from Breedon on the Hill 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
22 miles from Breedon on the Hill 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
24 miles from Breedon on the Hill Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
Churches in Breedon on the Hill Parish
Breedon Priory Church
Breedon on the Hill
Derby
https://breedonpriorychurch.org/
The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph has served the communities of Breedon on the Hill, Tonge and Wilson for at least 1200 years. We are one of the oldest churches in Leicestershire and have one of the largest collections of Anglo-Saxon sculpture in the country. All are welcome to worship and find peace in this special place.
Pubs in Breedon on the Hill Parish
Breedon Priory Golf Club
Bulls Head
Bulls Head Row, Wilson, DE73 8AE
(01332) 863921
thebullsheadwilson.co.uk
Holly Bush
1 Melbourne Lane, Breedon On The Hill, DE73 8AT
(01332) 000000
Three Horseshoes
44 Main Street, Breedon On The Hill, DE73 8AN
(01332) 695129
thehorseshoes.com/home/4551285607