English Heritage sites near Earl Shilton Parish
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
5 miles from Earl Shilton 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
8 miles from Earl Shilton 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
14 miles from Earl Shilton 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
20 miles from Earl Shilton 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
24 miles from Earl Shilton 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
24 miles from Earl Shilton Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
Churches in Earl Shilton Parish
St Simon & St Jude
Church Street/Almeys Lane
Earl Shilton
Leicester
(01455) 843961
We are a very friendly church with regular weekly Bible Study groups. There is a keen Bell Ringers' Group.
Our church building is Victorian with a medieval Tower and Steeple and beautiful Kempe stained glass.
Pubs in Earl Shilton Parish
Dog & Gun
New landlords August 2021
Please use the email link at the bottom of this listing to let the local branch know of any changes.
Mock Tudor pub built in 1932 and still retaining a close to original layout and many fittings.
Refurbished in...
Earl Shilton Constitutional Club
Please use the email link at the bottom of this listing to let the local branch know of any changes.
A substantial building, built in 1926, standing in a large car parking area and known locally as 'The Conny Club'. The interior decorati...
King William
Situated on the main road this house has a large car park located at the rear of the building and large seated patio area.
Closed 29 August 2016
June 2018: proposal to convert into flats
Lord Nelson
54 Wood Street, Earl Shilton, Leicester, Earl Shilton, LE9 7ND
(01455) 440183
Plough
closed April 2012
Now housing.
Red Lion
High Street, Earl Shilton, LE9 7LQ
(01455) 842401
redlionearlshilton.co.uk
Shilton Vaults
Opened late September 2018 in the former NatWest Bank building. There are three rooms: a main bar, a centre room and one in the original vault with a small outdoor space. Welcoming surroundings with friendly staff. Sister pub to the Pestle...
Stoneycroft Sports & Social Club
Closed permanently on 20 March 2020.
If you find this pub has reopened in any way, please use the email link at the bottom of this listing to let the local branch know.
former sports and social club offering a football pitch and changing...