English Heritage sites near Mancetter Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
13 miles from Mancetter 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 Mancetter 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
15 miles from Mancetter 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
15 miles from Mancetter 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
16 miles from Mancetter Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
JEWRY WALL
18 miles from Mancetter 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.
Churches in Mancetter Parish
Mancetter - St. Peter
Pubs in Mancetter Parish
Atherstone Golf Club
The Outwoods, Coleshill Road, Atherstone, CV9 2RL
(024) 7654 3133
Blue Boar
Watling Street, Mancetter, CV9 1NE
(01827) 716166
blueboarmancetter.co.uk
Church End Brewery Tap
Ridge Lane, Ridge Lane, CV10 0RD
(01827) 713080
churchendbrewery.co.uk/