English Heritage sites near Drakelow Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
7 miles from Drakelow 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
12 miles from Drakelow 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
17 miles from Drakelow 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
20 miles from Drakelow 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
23 miles from Drakelow Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
JEWRY WALL
23 miles from Drakelow 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.
No churches found in Drakelow Parish
No churches found in Drakelow Parish