English Heritage sites near Bentley Parish
WALL ROMAN SITE
13 miles from Bentley 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.
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
14 miles from Bentley 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.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
14 miles from Bentley Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
14 miles from Bentley 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
17 miles from Bentley 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
20 miles from Bentley 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.
No churches found in Bentley Parish
Pubs in Bentley Parish
Horse & Jockey
Coleshill Road, Bentley, CV9 2HL
(01827) 715236
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