English Heritage sites near Twycross Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
7 miles from Twycross 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
12 miles from Twycross 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
14 miles from Twycross 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.
JEWRY WALL
16 miles from Twycross 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
20 miles from Twycross Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
21 miles from Twycross 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.
Churches in Twycross Parish
Norton juxta Twycross: Holy Trinity
Orton-on-the-Hill: St Edith of Polesworth
Twycross: St James
Church Street
Twycross
Atherstone
01827881389
http://www.sheepybenefice.org
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Pubs in Twycross Parish
Moores Arms
Turpin's Bar & Grill
29 Main Road, Twycross, CV9 3PL
(01827) 880111
turpins.co.uk/
Unicorn
20 Main Street, Orton on the Hill, CV9 3NN
(01827) 880446
unicorn-ortononthehill.co.uk