English Heritage sites near Castle Gresley Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
5 miles from Castle Gresley 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
13 miles from Castle Gresley 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
17 miles from Castle Gresley 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
19 miles from Castle Gresley 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.
JEWRY WALL
21 miles from Castle Gresley 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
23 miles from Castle Gresley Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
No churches found in Castle Gresley Parish
Pubs in Castle Gresley Parish
Castle Gresley Working Mens Victory Club
Mount Pleasant Inn
109 Mount Pleasant Road, Castle Gresley, DE11 9JJ
(01283) 295179