English Heritage sites near Stretton under Fosse Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
12 miles from Stretton under Fosse 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
15 miles from Stretton under Fosse 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
17 miles from Stretton under Fosse 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
23 miles from Stretton under Fosse 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
24 miles from Stretton under Fosse Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
24 miles from Stretton under Fosse 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 Stretton under Fosse Parish