English Heritage sites near Yeaveley Parish

Croxden Abbey

CROXDEN ABBEY

7 miles from Yeaveley 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.

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW

14 miles from Yeaveley Parish

The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.

Wingfield Manor

WINGFIELD MANOR

15 miles from Yeaveley 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.

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE

15 miles from Yeaveley Parish

A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.

Ashby de la Zouch Castle

ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE

18 miles from Yeaveley 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.

Hob Hurst's House

HOB HURST'S HOUSE

19 miles from Yeaveley Parish

A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.


Churches in Yeaveley Parish

Holy Trinity

Pubs in Yeaveley Parish

Yeaveley Arms

Rodsley Lane, Yeaveley, DE6 2DT
(01335) 330700
yeaveleyarms.com/

Happily re-opened after a major refit in November 2017 after nearly four years closed. Four real ales at all times, excellent food offering. Closed Mondays & Tuesdays in early part of 2018,