English Heritage sites near Elvaston Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
11 miles from Elvaston 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
14 miles from Elvaston Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
18 miles from Elvaston 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
19 miles from Elvaston Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
JEWRY WALL
20 miles from Elvaston 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.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
22 miles from Elvaston Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
No churches found in Elvaston Parish
Pubs in Elvaston Parish
Harrington Arms
Two former cottages, brightly lit after dark have been smartly modernised without losing their cottage feel. This free house has low beamed ceilings, wooden-clad interior walls and a pleasant garden. Entrance from the front road side is str...