English Heritage sites near Skillington Parish
LYDDINGTON BEDE HOUSE
18 miles from Skillington Parish
Set beside the church of a picturesque ironstone village, Lyddington Bede House originated as the late medieval wing of a palace belonging to the Bishops of Lincoln.
APETHORPE PALACE
20 miles from Skillington Parish
Stately Apethorpe Palace, owned by Elizabeth I, then favourite Royal residence for James I and Charles I, has one of the country's most complete Jacobean interiors.
KIRBY HALL
21 miles from Skillington Parish
Kirby Hall is one of England's greatest Elizabethan and 17th-century houses. Begun by Sir Humphrey Stafford, it was purchased by Sir Christopher Hatton, one of Queen Elizabeth's 'comely young men'.
LONGTHORPE TOWER
24 miles from Skillington Parish
Longthorpe Tower displays one of the most complete and important sets of 14th century domestic wall paintings in northern Europe.
JEWRY WALL
24 miles from Skillington 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.
ELEANOR CROSS, GEDDINGTON
27 miles from Skillington Parish
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I and mother of his 14 children, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire.
Churches in Skillington Parish
St James, Skillington
Pubs in Skillington Parish
Blue Horse
The Blue Horse is a traditional village inn pub in a beautiful location in the centre of a pretty Lincolnshire village. The interior has exposed beams and stonewalls, a central bar in the lounge and a large separate dining room which is ver...
Cross Swords
The Square Skillington, Skillington, NG33 5HB
(01476) 861132
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