English Heritage sites near Ticknall Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
4 miles from Ticknall 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
16 miles from Ticknall 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
18 miles from Ticknall 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
19 miles from Ticknall 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
20 miles from Ticknall 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
21 miles from Ticknall Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
Churches in Ticknall Parish
Ticknall Parish Church
Pubs in Ticknall Parish
Chequers Inn
The village is still dominated by the discreetly hidden Calke Abbey, now owned by the National Trust. The Chequers is that rare delight, an unspoilt village pub. Though chiefly built of stone the top few courses are brick but its age is giv...
Staff of Life
7 High Street, Ticknall, DE73 7JH
(01332) 862479
thestaffoflife.co.uk
Wheel Inn
This pub is mentioned in Bagshaw's Directory of 1846 when there were three inns and four beer houses to quench the thirst of the local population of 1271 (compared with about 700 today). It is a steeply roofed, cream painted pub on the main...