English Heritage sites near Grandborough Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
14 miles from Grandborough Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
DEDDINGTON CASTLE
22 miles from Grandborough Parish
Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
24 miles from Grandborough 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.
RUSHTON TRIANGULAR LODGE
24 miles from Grandborough Parish
This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597.
JEWRY WALL
24 miles from Grandborough 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.
ROLLRIGHT STONES
25 miles from Grandborough Parish
Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.
Churches in Grandborough Parish
Grandborough - St. Peter
Church Road
Grandborough
Rugby
(01788) 814994
http://www.stpetersgrandborough.co.uk
St Peter's is the parish church in Grandborough in the beautiful Leam Valley near Rugby. Together with the churches in Flecknoe, Leamington Hastings and Willoughby, we are part of the Leam Valley Churches.
We hold three services a month and visitors are always very welcome.
Holy Communion - 1st Sunday of the month 9.00 am
Evensong Service - 2nd Sunday of the month 6.00 pm.
Welcome to Worship 'WTW' - 3rd Sunday of the month 11.00 am. This is a 30 minute family service, to which everyone is welcome.
Farmers' Market is held on the 1st Thursday of the month from 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Messy Church is held on the 1st Thursday of the month from 4.30 - 6.30 pm
Pubs in Grandborough Parish
Shoulder of Mutton
Sawbridge Road, Grandborough, CV23 8DN
(01788) 814306
shoulderofmuttongrandborough.co.uk/