English Heritage sites near Colston Bassett Parish
JEWRY WALL
19 miles from Colston Bassett 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.
RUFFORD ABBEY
20 miles from Colston Bassett Parish
The best-preserved remains of a Cistercian abbey west cloister range in England, dating mainly from about 1170. Incorporated into part of a 17th century and later mansion, set in Rufford Country Park.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
20 miles from Colston Bassett 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.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
23 miles from Colston Bassett 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
24 miles from Colston Bassett Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
WINGFIELD MANOR
24 miles from Colston Bassett 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.
Churches in Colston Bassett Parish
St John the Divine, Colston Bassett
Church Gate
Colston Bassett
Nottingham
http://www.wivertoninthevale.co.uk/contact-us/
Colston Bassett is a small village (population about 200), ten miles south-east of Nottingham.
The village has a strong sense of community and the church of St John the Divine is very much part of this. We offer you a warm welcome to any of our services, but particularly to our 'Special' services (usually at 10.30 am on the third Sunday of the month), to which residents of the village who are not regular worshippers are invited. Since they were introduced in 2017, average congregations at these services have tripled. In 2019, these services will include a Pets' Service, Father's Day Service in the village pub, Picnic & Praise and a Village Thanksgiving Service, as well as traditional festivals and special days. Click here for more details.
Pubs in Colston Bassett Parish
Martins Arms
School Lane, Colston Bassett, NG12 3FD
(01949) 81361
themartinsarms.co.uk