English Heritage sites near Rosliston Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
7 miles from Rosliston 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
11 miles from Rosliston 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
18 miles from Rosliston 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
19 miles from Rosliston 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
22 miles from Rosliston Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
JEWRY WALL
22 miles from Rosliston 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.
Churches in Rosliston Parish
St. Mary's, Rosliston
Main Street
Rosliston
Swadlincote
01283 760995
We now have a new Team Rector, Rev'd Derek Arnold, based at Netherseal Rectory and a Team Vicar, Rev. Bruce Johnson, who lives at Walton Rectory and is our local Vicar
Pubs in Rosliston Parish
Bull's Head
Burton Road, Rosliston, DE12 8JU
(01283) 762642
bullsheadrosliston.co.uk/
Plough Inn
Attractive village pub, dating back to the early 1800s, with hanging baskets in summer. Cosy linked drinking areas are situated around a central bar, with low beamed ceilings; walls adorned with old local photographs. Pool table on raised...