English Heritage sites near Ab Kettleby Parish
JEWRY WALL
15 miles from Ab Kettleby 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
17 miles from Ab Kettleby 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.
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
19 miles from Ab Kettleby 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.
KIRBY HALL
23 miles from Ab Kettleby Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
23 miles from Ab Kettleby 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.
APETHORPE PALACE
25 miles from Ab Kettleby Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
Churches in Ab Kettleby Parish
Ab Kettleby: St James
Holwell: St Leonard
Pubs in Ab Kettleby Parish
Sugar Loaf
Nottingham Road,, Ab Kettleby, LE14 3JB
(01664) 822473
sugarloaf-abkettleby.co.uk