English Heritage sites near East Leake Parish
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
14 miles from East Leake 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
14 miles from East Leake 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
14 miles from East Leake 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
21 miles from East Leake 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
24 miles from East Leake 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.
RUFFORD ABBEY
24 miles from East Leake 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.
Churches in East Leake Parish
St Mary's East Leake
Main Street and Station Rd.
East Leake
Loughborough
(01509) 852228
http://www.eastleakechurch.org/
The Benefice of St Mary's, East Leake is in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham and includes the parishes of Costock, Rempstone, Stanford on Soar and West Leake.
The East Leake Benefice is part of the Cluster of South Nottinghamshire parishes, including the Gotham group of churches, and the parishes of Sutton Bonington and Normanton on Soar.
Pubs in East Leake Parish
Bulls Head
Two roomed pub, the lounge being particularly interesting with exposed timber, low beams and well decorated.
Nags Head
14 Main Street, East Leake, LE12 6PG
(01509) 854016
pubpeople.com/nagsheadeastleake
Old Hall Squash Club
Old Hall Squash Club, East Leake
Round Robinn
Micropub opened October 2015, serving six local beers on gravity. Seating is a mixture of chairs, cushioned benches and high stools, with the single room accommodating up to 45 patrons. Food is restricted to light bar snacks. Continental bo...
Rushcliffe Golf Club
Stocking Lane, East Leake, LE12 5RL
(01509) 852959
rushcliffegolfclub.co.uk
Three Horseshoes
1 Brookside, East Leake, LE12 6PB
(01509) 852020
threehorseshoeseastleake.co.uk