English Heritage sites near Willey Parish
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
12 miles from Willey 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
13 miles from Willey 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
15 miles from Willey 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
21 miles from Willey 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
22 miles from Willey Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
25 miles from Willey 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.
No churches found in Willey Parish
Pubs in Willey Parish
Barn
Coalpit Lane, Willey, CV23 0SL
(01788) 833810
thebarnpub.co.uk/