English Heritage sites near Plumtree Parish
JEWRY WALL
18 miles from Plumtree 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.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
18 miles from Plumtree 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
18 miles from Plumtree 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
20 miles from Plumtree 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.
RUFFORD ABBEY
20 miles from Plumtree 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.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
21 miles from Plumtree 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.
Churches in Plumtree Parish
St Mary's, Plumtree
Church Hill
Plumtree
Nottingham
0115 9375476
https://plumtree.church/index.asp
We are delighted to let you know that St Mary's Plumtree is now open again for public worship, following closure of the church building during lockdown. For more details of our current services, look in the services and events section. The church is also open for private prayer every Wednesday and Sunday, from after the service until 5.00 pm.
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Pubs in Plumtree Parish
Griffin Inn
Main Road, Plumtree, NG12 5NB
(0115) 697 5700
griffinplumtree.co.uk
Perkins Bar & Bistro
Old Railway Station, off Station Road, Plumtree, NG12 5NA
(0115) 937 3695
perkinsbarbistro.co.uk