English Heritage sites near Melbourne Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
6 miles from Melbourne 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 Melbourne 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 Melbourne 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
18 miles from Melbourne 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.
WALL ROMAN SITE
21 miles from Melbourne 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.
CROXDEN ABBEY
22 miles from Melbourne 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 Melbourne Parish
Melbourne Parish Church
Church Square
Melbourne
Derby
(01332) 862153
http://www.melbourneparishchurch.org.uk
A warm welcome awaits you at the Parish Church We are part of the Melbourne group of parishes, serving the villages in the Melbourne, Smisby, Stanton and Ticknall area. We have strong community links and seek to further develop the role of the Parish Church in the life of the community in our small rural town. Our priorities are Worship, Children's work, Music, Bellringing and Fellowship. We have an historic building which is open each day, with Holy Communion each Thursday at 9:15am.
The Rector, the Revd Steve Short, is currently on long term sick leave so please email the Church Wardens [email protected].
Pubs in Melbourne Parish
Alma Inn
The Alma is a "semi-detached" pub attached to a shop at present functioning as an Indian restaurant. The name refers to the Battle of Alma (1854), the first battle of the Crimean War, won by Anglo-French forces. This area of Melbourne was d...
Amalfi White
50 Derby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8FE
(01332) 694890
amalfiwhite.com/
Curley's Wine Bar
Curley's Wine Bar, Melbourne
Hardinge Arms
Main Street, Kings Newton, DE73 8BX
(01332) 863808
hardinge-arms.co.uk/
Harpur's
2 Derby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8FE
(01332) 862134
harpursofmelbourne.co.uk
Melbourne Arms
Melbourne Arms, Melbourne
Melbourne British Legion
87 Derby Road, Melbourne, DE73 8FE
(01332) 862574
branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/m...
Melbourne Inn
Formally the Lamb Inn, which name stretches back for over 180 years. In 1938 the original pub was demolished and set further back from the road. The new building is typical 'Brewery Tudor', not at home with Melbourne vernacular. The origina...
Olde Packhorse Inne
The pub was first recorded in 1687. It was probably rebuilt by the Cartwright family and the initials CWM (for William and Mary Cartwright) appear on the lintel above the front door along with the date 1727. The building was probably built...
Paddock
Originally the Railway Inn, then the Clifton Arms Inn (1890s), back to the Railway and now the Paddock Hotel (a reference to the nearby Donington Park racing circuit). It was in existence in 1874 when sold as the Railway and so was probably...
Roebuck
Closed January 2011.
Spirit Vaults
53 Church Street, Melbourne, DE73 8EJ
(01332) 300542
thespiritvaults.co.uk/
White Swan
This is Melbourne's oldest pub dating back to before 1682 when it was rebuilt. Over the door are the initials WME and the date 1684. The initials stand for William and Ellen Martin; William was a cloth worker. The back bar of the pub was pr...