English Heritage sites near Kilsby Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
17 miles from Kilsby 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
19 miles from Kilsby Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
JEWRY WALL
21 miles from Kilsby 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
21 miles from Kilsby 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.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
22 miles from Kilsby Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
CHICHELE COLLEGE
25 miles from Kilsby 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.
Churches in Kilsby Parish
Pubs in Kilsby Parish
George
Watling Street, Kilsby, CV23 8YE
(01788) 726669
thegeorgeatkilsby.co.uk/
Halfway House
Red Lion
26 Main Street, Kilsby, CV23 8XP
(01788) 822265
redlionkilsby.co.uk/